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    R is an open source statistical programming language used for data manipulation, analysis, and visualization. It can handle larger datasets and provides more analysis tools than Excel at higher speeds. RStudio is an integrated development environment that simplifies common R development tasks like running code interactively, viewing data and plots, and managing external library packages.

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    R is an open source statistical programming language used for data manipulation, analysis, and visualization. It can handle larger datasets and provides more analysis tools than Excel at higher speeds. RStudio is an integrated development environment that simplifies common R development tasks like running code interactively, viewing data and plots, and managing external library packages.

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    R is an open source statistical programming language used for data manipulation, analysis, and visualization. It can handle larger datasets and provides more analysis tools than Excel at higher speeds. RStudio is an integrated development environment that simplifies common R development tasks like running code interactively, viewing data and plots, and managing external library packages.

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    R is an open source statistical programming language used for data manipulation, analysis, and visualization. It can handle larger datasets and provides more analysis tools than Excel at higher speeds. RStudio is an integrated development environment that simplifies common R development tasks like running code interactively, viewing data and plots, and managing external library packages.

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    Competing with Analytics

    BUSINESS 4469 - Fall 2022


    R-

    Hamid Elahi
    Ivey Business School, Western University
    [email protected]
    Agenda
    • Introduction to R

    • Setting up your workspace

    • R basics

    • Some exercises

    2
    What is R?

    • Open source statistical programming language


    • Designed to be an interactive language for
    manipulation and analysis of data
    • Strong alternative to commercial packages
    • Stata, SAS, SPSS
    • Free
    • No licensing issues
    • No platform issues
    • Strong community
    • Can find anything you want online (just google!)

    3
    R vs. Excel

    • R can handle larger datasets


    • R provides larger suite of analysis tools
    • If there is an alternative in Excel
    • R version will have simpler/more efficient interface
    • R version run faster
    • MUCH easier to reproduce analysis in R
    • MUCH easier to reuse parts of previous
    analysis in R
    • . . . but excel is pretty good for data entry
    4
    What can we do with R?

    • Everything!
    • analysis: statistics, data exploration, machine
    learning
    • data visualization
    • non-standard data: text mining, network analysis
    • Support for lots of data formats
    • CSV, databases (e.g. mysql, mongodb)
    • Quickly connect to many datasources
    • twitter, google maps…

    5
    RStudio
    • Use an integrated development environment
    • RStudio
    • RStudio is an integrated development environment
    (IDE)
    • IDE= UI which simplifies common development tasks
    • Focused on R and interactive programming with data
    • Puts everything you need to work in R in a convenient
    place
    • Run code interactively
    • View data, plots
    • Edit source files
    • Manage packages (external libraries)

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