Sec-AboutR.Rnw

\section{About \R}

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  \begin{block}{Today's topics}
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    \item The \emph{command line interface} is your friend
    \item Reading/writing code (you will have to teach yourself programming, through practice)
    \item Today, I will concentrate on \textbf{data} (create and manipulate)
    \item \R - the environment and the language
    \end{itemize}
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  \begin{block}{What is R?}
    \begin{itemize}
    \item An \emph{interactive} statistical environment
    \item A programming language
    \item A language and associated tools for reproducible research (these slides for example)
    \end{itemize}
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    \begin{itemize}    
    \item Open source and cross platform (GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac and others)
    \item Stable (currently 3.0) and development versions.
    \item Extensive graphics capabilites
    \item Diverse range of add-on packages
    \item Active community of developers
    \item Thorough documentation
    \end{itemize}
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    What is needed:
    \begin{itemize}
    \item The \R console
    \item An editor
    \end{itemize}
    We will use:
    \begin{itemize}
    \item RStudio IDE
    \end{itemize}
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