- The term
R
is used to refer to both the programming language and the software that interprets the scripts written using it. RStudio
is an interactive development environment which as this defintion suggests assists us in usingR
January 16 2020
R
is used to refer to both the programming language and the software that interprets the scripts written using it.RStudio
is an interactive development environment which as this defintion suggests assists us in using R
To understand computations in R
, two slogans are helpful:
— John Chambers
“Reproducibility involves being able to recalculate the exact numbers in a data analysis using the code and raw data provided by the analyst…Reproducibility should not be confused with “correctness” of a data analysis. A data analysis can be fully reproducible and recreate all numbers in an analysis and still be misleading or incorrect."
Jeff Leek, The Elements of Data Analytic Style