Introduction to R
R and RStudio (its companion IDE, integrated development environment), together constitute one of the most popular tools used by researchers to analyze big data. Because it was first designed by statisticians for statistical purposes, R is a really nice language for data science. Wrangling massive amounts of information and producing publication-ready graphics and visualizations are more straightforward with R than other languages, and its use in data science remains strong.
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But we will not be using R from the terminal, we will be using the RStudio IDE.