(This article was first published on Revolutions, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers)
Last month TDWI's James Powell interviewed Revolution CEO Norman Nie and published the interview as "R 101". The article answers some of the basic questions about R, such as:
- What is R?
- Why is R well-suited for predictive analytics?
- Why is R superior?
- How easy is it to learn R?
- Where is R headed?
... and much more. Read the full article at TDWI for the answers.
TDWI: Q&A: R 101
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