What is R and Why Should You Consider Learning to Use It? (1 of 4)

This video from EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, is the first in a four-part series. The videos were created by David Keyes, founder of R for the Rest of Us. The series describes what the programming language R is and reasons for learning it. In this video, Keyes discusses uses of R for data analysis, data visualization, and interactive reporting. Viewers learn about benefits of using R, such as reproducibility and free licensing. Keyes also demonstrates how RMarkdown, R packages, and importing data into R work.

This video runs 00:11:41 minutes in length. Other videos in this series are available to view separately. The next video in the series covers importing data into R.