R

R is a programming language and open source software program used for statistical computing and data visualization.

Latest Version: R 2.15.1 | Developer: R Foundation

RSPH Citrix: Yes | License Required: Free | Student Version: N/A

Style: Programming

Windows: Yes | Mac: Yes

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Online Resources:

• Links to R manuals by R Development Core Team

• Search for help with R code and statistics by Robert I. Kabacoff

• R blog, coding examples, comparisons across R/SAS/SPSS by Robert A. Muenchen, University of Tennessee

• R documentation contributed by R users- guides, user groups, GUIs, and R packages by R

• R blog, detailed instructions/R packages to analyze government survey data such as ACS, BRFSS, NHANES, etc. by Anthony Damico

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Books:

R Cookbook (ISBN: 978-0596809157)  |  Paul Teetor/O’Reilly Media [Available for use in the WHSC Library Specialized Software Lab.]

SAS and R: Data Management, Statistical Analysis, and Graphics (ISBN: 978-1420070576)  |  Ken Kleinman and Nicholas J. Horton/Chapman and Hall/CRC [Available for use in the WHSC Library Specialized Software Lab.]