Introduction to RBy Robert Biddle

About Me• Data Professional with over 10 years experience.

• Hilton Grand Vacations, Orlando• Data Architect

• MCITP Database Administrator and Developer certified

• Author for MSSQLTips.com

• Email: rob.biddle@gmail.com• Twitter: @robert_biddle• Blog: https://robbiddle.wordpress.com/

Agenda• What is this thing??• Overview of the Environment• Basic Commands• Data Types• Plots• Neat Stuff• SQL• HTML• Application Servers

What is R?• R is a programming language for statistics and data

visualization.• It’s commonly used for computation, statistics, data mining,

data analysis, and data discovery.

Why R?• R is free, open source• Easy to use• Interactive• Flexible• Fast

• Active, helpful community• Thousands of free add-on packages

• Increased in popularity• Widely used in academia• Growing in professional – exceeding SAS and SPSS• http://r4stats.com/articles/popularity/

SQL Server 2016

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server-2016/

Tools• Download and Install:• R: http://www.r-project.org/• Rstudio: http://www.rstudio.com/

Documentation & Information• http://www.r-project.org/• http://rseek.org/• http://www.r-bloggers.com/

Demo

Contact and References• Rob.biddle@gmail.com // @robert_biddle //

https://robbiddle.wordpress.com/

• http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Torfs+Brauer-Short-R-Intro.pdf

• http://jenstirrup.com/• http://tinyurl.com/o7uw6qh• http://rgraphicsdevice.codeplex.com/• http://vnijs.github.io/radiant/• http://shiny.rstudio.com/• http://r4stats.com/articles/popularity/