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'''R''' is an open source programming language for statistical analysis and graphics. | '''R''' is an open source programming language for statistical analysis and graphics. | ||
Its manual | Its software and manual are online at http://cran.r-project.org/. | ||
==Uses== | |||
===Statistics=== | |||
An interactive package for instructions (12 pages) on using R for statistics is available<ref name="urlCRAN - Package HSAUR2">{{cite web |url=http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/HSAUR2/ |title=CRAN - Package HSAUR, 2nd ed |author=Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= |accessdate=}}</ref> with a commercial book for further detail (376 pages).<ref name="isbn1-4200-7933-6">{{cite book |author=Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R, Second Edition |edition= |language= |publisher=Chapman & Hall/CRC |location=Boca Raton |year=2009 |origyear= |pages= |quote= |isbn=1-4200-7933-6 |oclc= |doi= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
====Meta-analysis==== | |||
R has a package [http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rmeta/ rmeta], for analyzing a [[meta-analysis]] with documentation provided by a chapter, "[http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/HSAUR2/vignettes/Ch_meta_analysis.pdf 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".<ref name="urlCRAN - Package HSAUR2">{{cite web |url=http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/HSAUR2/ |title=CRAN - Package HSAUR, 2nd ed |author=Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 21:49, 26 October 2009
R is an open source programming language for statistical analysis and graphics.
Its software and manual are online at http://cran.r-project.org/.
Uses
Statistics
An interactive package for instructions (12 pages) on using R for statistics is available[1] with a commercial book for further detail (376 pages).[2]
Meta-analysis
R has a package rmeta, for analyzing a meta-analysis with documentation provided by a chapter, "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".[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian. CRAN - Package HSAUR, 2nd ed.
- ↑ Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian (2009). A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R, Second Edition. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC. ISBN 1-4200-7933-6.