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In this chapter we introduce the reader to R, discuss reasons for choosing R as an analytical and not just a statistical computing platform, make comparisons with other analytical software, and present some broad costs and benefits in using R in a business environment.
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Ohri, A. (2012). Why R. In: R for Business Analytics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4343-8_1
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