Introduction to R By Robert Biddle About Me

Introduction to R By Robert Biddle

About Me • Data Professional with over 10 years experience. • Hilton Grand Vacations, Orlando • Data Architect • MCITP Database Administrator and Developer certified • Author for MSSQLTips. com • Email: rob. biddle@gmail. com • Twitter: @robert_biddle • Blog: https: //robbiddle. wordpress. com/

Agenda • • • What is thing? ? Overview of the Environment Basic Commands Data Types Plots Neat Stuff • SQL • HTML • Application Servers

What is R? • R is a programming language for statistics and data visualization. • It’s commonly used for computation, statistics, data mining, data analysis, and data discovery.

Why R? • R is free, open source • Easy to use • Interactive • Flexible • Fast • Active, helpful community • Thousands of free add-on packages • Increased in popularity • Widely used in academia • Growing in professional – exceeding SAS and SPSS • http: //r 4 stats. com/articles/popularity/

SQL Server 2016 http: //www. microsoft. com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server-2016/

Tools • Download and Install: • R: http: //www. r-project. org/ • Rstudio: http: //www. rstudio. com/

Documentation & Information • http: //www. r-project. org/ • http: //rseek. org/ • http: //www. r-bloggers. com/

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Contact and References • Rob. biddle@gmail. com // @robert_biddle // https: //robbiddle. wordpress. com/ • http: //cran. r-project. org/doc/contrib/Torfs+Brauer-Short-RIntro. pdf • http: //jenstirrup. com/ • http: //tinyurl. com/o 7 uw 6 qh • http: //rgraphicsdevice. codeplex. com/ • http: //vnijs. github. io/radiant/ • http: //shiny. rstudio. com/ • http: //r 4 stats. com/articles/popularity/