If your research involves manipulating data sets than you may have heard your peers talking about “R”. This free programming language is robust, easy-to-learn and versatile. Just like everyone else, ...

The functions .C and .Call. provide a standard interface to compiled code that has been linked into R. These functions are explored in the following presentation.

R is the most popular language used for data analysis, modelling and visualisation. It is great for linear and non-linear models, parametric and non-parametric tests, clustering and time-series models ...

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The R language for statistical computing has creeped back into the top 10 in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity. “Programming language R is known for fitting statisticians and ...