What is R?

What is R?

R is a programming language and software environment for running stats (and making figures) R is completely free, and open source (more on this later…) You can use R to analyze data, create graphs, and build models

To be more specific, R is the programming language and R Studio is the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) (the software you work in). You can download both here.

Why would I use it?

  • R is incredibly flexible and customizable
    • Open source: thousands of user-made packages and libraries
    • These add functions to R
    • Cutting edge analyses
  • Can handle very complex analyses and data manipulation tasks
  • Huge active community = lots of help!
  • Create a workflow
    • Automate work that you have to frequently repeat
  • Make functions to clean your data
  • Make very custom figures
  • Also, you can use R on Beocat