The R programming language is an open source scripting language for predictive analytics and data visualization. Written primarily in C, C++, Fortran and R, it's used for data analysis in numerous ...

The R programming language is an important tool for development in the numeric analysis and machine learning spaces. With machines becoming more important as data generators, the popularity of the ...

Interest in the open source R language keeps rising, making it the candidate for TIOBE’s programming language of the year. C remains the top programming language, according to the August index from ...

It’s a key question for many data scientists -- especially those that are new to the field: is Python or R better for data science? For those first venturing into the world of data science, it’s ...

The R programming language is quickly gaining popular ground against the traditional statistics packages such as SPSS, SAS and MATLAB, at least according to one data statistician who teaches the ...

I recently had the chance to discuss the open source ‘R’ programming language with Revolution Analytics CEO and founder Norman Nie. Revolution is the commercial organization supporting the open-source ...

While Python is my primary programming language for statistical analysis, I'm picking the other major language, R, even though it's considered niche. Here are the reasons why. One thing I love about ...

This story contains interviews with David Smith, chief community officer at Revolution Analytics; Casey Herron, data scientist at Revolution Analytics; Tess Nesbitt, director of analytics at DataSong; ...

But data science is a specific field, so while Python is emerging as the most popular language in the world, R still has its place and has advantages for those doing data analysis. Hoping to settle ...