====== R ====== R is a [[programming language]] and software environment for statistical computing, [[data analysis]], and graphical visualization. It was created in the early 1990s by Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. R is widely used among statisticians, data scientists, and researchers for tasks such as data cleaning, [[data analysis]], statistical modeling, and data visualization. One of the key strengths of R is its large and active user community, which has developed a vast collection of packages and tools for various data analysis tasks. R also has a powerful graphics system, allowing users to create high-quality visualizations of their data. R is an open-source project, which means that the source code is freely available for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is available on various platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. [[LIMMA package]]