Preface
R is a software package that provides a language and an environment for data manipulation and statistics calculation. The resulting statistics can be displayed graphically as well.
R has the following features:
- A lean syntax to perform operations on your data
- A set of tools to load and store data in a variety of formats, both local and over the Internet
- Consistent syntax for operating on datasets in memory
- A built-in and an open source collection of tools for data analysis
- Methods to generate on-the-fly graphics and store graphical representations to disk
