A Quick Introduction to R Programming
by Bryan Cafferky
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About Bryan Cafferky…
• Data Solutions Consultant and Trainer.
• Decades of IT Experience in health care, insurance, banking, and ecommerce.
• Microsoft MVP.
• Author of Pro PowerShell for Database Developers.
• Founded and lead PASS Chapter The RI Microsoft BI User Group and The SNE R User Group.
• Frequent presenter at technical conferences and user groups.
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Presentation Goals
• What is R?
• Installing the R Language
• A Quick Demo of the R Language
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What is R?
R is an open source
language for Data
Science.
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R Features
• Scripting language like Python, BASH, Perl, or
PowerShell.
• Vast library of statistical functions.
• Support to create impressive visualizations.
• Extensive free open source libraries by the user
community.
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Where to Get R
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R CLI – Command Line interface.
https://cran.r-project.org/
7
Must install this because it includes the R
language interpreter.
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Demo
• Installing R
• Using the R Console
• A Look at the R Language
Slides available at:
https://github.com/bcafferky/shared/tree/master/QuickRIntro
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Review
• R is a popular open source data science language.
• The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) maintains
R.
• R has rich support for statistics and visualizations.
• R is a vectorized language.
• R is Extended with new Functionality via Packages.
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