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]
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
R has a package rmeta, for analyzing a meta-analysis with documentation provided by both an interaction package (HSAUR2) 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".[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Dalgaard, Peter. Introductory Statistics with R (Statistics and Computing). New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-79053-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian. CRAN - Package HSAUR, 2nd ed.