What can do the R software to solve your problems?

Authors

  • José Luis Ángel Rodríguez Silva Universidad Politécnica de Aguascalientes

Keywords:

R, software comparison, scientific computing, problem solving, free software

Abstract

R is a computer tool (specifically, a computer language) extremely powerful for scientific, numerical and statistical calculations, as well as to create high quality graphics and figures. As a matter of fact, R is very popular among academics and several professionals. This is not a coincidence since R is an excellent product because, among other reasons, has no cost, is easy to operate and has a large internet-based community who contributes freely to solve R doubts and problems. The purpose of this article is to show some of the main characteristics of R, recount a brief history, point out some of its applications and comment about its relative positioning respect to other similar computer tools. Finally, we invite the reader to use R to solve his own problems.

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Author Biography

José Luis Ángel Rodríguez Silva, Universidad Politécnica de Aguascalientes

Catedrático del Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Politécnica de Aguascalientes. Dr. en Matemática Educativa por parte del Instituto Politécnico Nacional y Dr. en Planeación y Liderazgo Educativo por parte de la Universidad del Valle de México, Campus Santa Fe.

Published

2019-05-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (2019): Ciencia y sabiduría: ¿tenemos razones para ser optimistas?

Section

Varietas

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