Learning R
“Impatient R” provides a brief grounding in the basics of using R.
Beginner’s Guide to R from Computerworld.
Try R is a fun way of learning some R.
swirl (Statistics With Interactive R Learning) is another interactive environment for learning R.
DataCamp has yet another interactive tutorial.
There is a set of two-minute videos called R twotorials.
One Page R (which in total is many pages) covers a number of topics.
“21 R navigation tools” is about how to find objects and information in R.
There are many books about R. The best one for you to start with depends on where you are and where you want to go. If you are starting from zero, then I recommend R For Dummies.
Why R?
R is a good way to avoid problems with spreadsheets.
See also “Why use the R language?”
R and finance
R is used a lot in finance, and that use is growing. There are two task views that are pertinent:
The R language category of the Portfolio Probe blog has examples of R being used in the context of quantitative finance.
Other R resources
There are several other R task views.
The R-bloggers site aggregates blog posts about R.
There are R user groups around the world.
See also
Using R in astronomy (and elsewhere)
The links in the RSiena page
