R is an open-source programming language and environment with powerful and extensive features for data analysis, data visualization, and statistical computing. Although R first appeared in the 1990s, ...

One of the most appealing things about R is its ability to create data visualizations with just a couple of lines of code. [This story is part of Computerworld’s “Beginner’s guide to R.” You’ll find ...

In-demand skills include data analysis. It has been predicted that in 2026 businesses will place a high value on analysts who can extract relevant details and i ...

Designed to introduce students to quantitative methods in a way that can be applied to all kinds of data in all kinds of situations, Statistics and Data Visualization Using R: The Art and Practice of ...

Posit’s ggbot2 is a voice assistant for ggplot2. Tell it what you want in a spoken conversation, and it will generate plots and ggplot2 R code from your data. Typing questions into a chatbot is nice, ...

When a child is diagnosed with pneumonia—the leading infectious cause of death in children worldwide—the treatment depends on whether the pneumonia is viral or bacterial. Tests to differentiate ...

Awesome. You learned how to collect and store Big Data. Now comes the fun part: mining that data for gold and then spinning that gold into compelling business stories that captivate and convince. In ...

For years, geneticist Helene Royo used commercial software to analyse her work. She would extract DNA from the developing sperm cells of mice, send it for analysis and then fire up a package called ...