R – your tool for data analysis
R is a language and environment for Statistical Computing and
Graphics. R provides a free/open source, cross-platform,
object-oriented environment to perform data analysis and visualisation
tasks. Strength of R lies in its vibrant community, robust package
repository and strong graphics capabilities.
R provides all necessary tools required for various stages of a data
analysis project. It provides techniques for data acquisition and
processing as well as for data analysis and visualisation. It ranges
from accessing data in various formats (CSV, XML…) to all possible ways
of data manipulation (tabulation, aggregation…)to rich support for
graphics (histogram, box plot etc.) to statistical models (regression,
ANOVA…).
It is not always necessary to use built-in and supported functions
and packages. Depending on the requirements, one can also develop
his/her own functions, scripts and packages.
Recently, CDAC Mumbai has announced a 3-day course on R entitled “Using R for Data Visualisation and Analytics”.
This course is aimed to cover in detail the features of R related to
data analysis and visualisation. More details can be accessed here.
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