Getting started in Data Analysis with R

A gentle introduction to Data Analysis using the second most requested programming language in Data Science.

Wagner da Silva Fontes
Nov 6 · 1 min read

When we talk about Data Science R is the second most used programming language. It was developed in 1993 and is now widely used in data science applications as it provides support for a wide range of inference techniques, machine learning algorithms, time series analysis, data analysis and graph plotting.

R was structured to reflect the way statisticians think and work, with the main focus being data manipulation. In this post, we’ll look at some basic language commands and libraries to begin exploring and manipulating data.

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