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/.

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. 1.0 1.1 Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian. CRAN - Package HSAUR, 2nd ed.
  2. Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian (2009). A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R, Second Edition. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC. ISBN 1-4200-7933-6.