R (programming language)

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R is an open source programming language for statistical analysis and graphics.

Its software and manual are online at http://cran.r-project.org/. Third party books are available for learning R.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Uses 1.1 Statistics 1.1.1 Meta-analysis 1.1.2 Recursive partitioning 2 References

Uses

Statistics

An interactive package for instructions (12 pages) on using R for statistics is available^[3] with a commercial book for further detail (376 pages).^[1]

Meta-analysis

• rmeta
• HSAUR2 interactive package with a chapter containing sample demonstrations, "Meta-Analysis: Nicotine Gum and Smoking Cessation and the Effcacy of BCG Vaccine in the Treatment of Tuberculosis" in "A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R".^[3]

Recursive partitioning

• rpart package
• HSAUR2 interactive package with a chapter containing sample demonstrations, "Recursive Partitioning: Predicting Body Fat and Glaucoma Diagnosis" in "A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R".^[3]

References

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian (2009). A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R, Second Edition. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC. ISBN 1-4200-7933-6. 
2. ↑ Dalgaard, Peter. Introductory Statistics with R (Statistics and Computing). New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-79053-5. 
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian. CRAN - Package HSAUR, 2nd ed.