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3. Basic Concepts and Data Organisation

Authors : Pierre Lafaye de Micheaux, Rémy Drouilhet, Benoit Liquet

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Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the basic concepts of the R software (calculator mode, assignment operator, variables, functions, arguments) and the various data types and structures which can be handled by R.

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Metadata
Title
Basic Concepts and Data Organisation
Authors
Pierre Lafaye de Micheaux
Rémy Drouilhet
Benoit Liquet
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9020-3_3

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