Why R Programming Language

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Why do many data analysts and research programmers use R?

  • R commands give little pressure to memory management
  • R is used by tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter
  • It gives us a broad variety of libraries related to statistics (correct)
  • R provides a broad variety of libraries related to statistics

What is a potential drawback of using R programming language?

  • R commands give little pressure to memory management
  • It is much slower than other programming languages such as Python and MATLAB (correct)
  • Nobody complains if something doesn’t work in R
  • R provides a broad variety of libraries related to statistics

What negative aspect of R programming language is mentioned in the text?

  • R may consume all available memory (correct)
  • The standard of some packages in R is less than perfect
  • It is used by many quantitative analysts as its programming tool
  • Tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are using R nowadays

What is a key advantage of using R for Data Science?

<p>It provides the environment for statistical computing and design (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which feature makes R programming platform-independent?

<p>Being open-source and free (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary use of the R programming language?

<p>Statistical computing and data visualization (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What makes the R programming language suitable for integration with other languages?

<p>Being an open-source language (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is R currently one of the most requested programming languages in the Data Science job market?

<p>It's a comprehensive statistical analysis package (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the open-source nature of R programming language benefit its users?

<p>Enables interaction with various data sources and statistical packages (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What makes R programming language cross-platform compatible?

<p>Being an open-source language (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential drawback of using the R programming language?

<p>Slow performance compared to Python and MATLAB (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do many data analysts and research programmers use R?

<p>Its broad variety of libraries related to statistics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What makes the R programming language suitable for integration with other languages?

<p>Platform-independent nature (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary use of the R programming language?

<p>Data importing and cleaning (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary use of R programming language?

<p>Analyzing and visualizing data (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key advantage of R programming language?

<p>It has a vast community of users and growing popularity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What makes R programming language platform-independent?

<p>Its ability to run on all operating systems (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is R programming language suitable for integration with other languages?

<p>Because it allows integration with languages like C, C++ (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What negative aspect of R programming language is mentioned in the text?

<p>It is not the most comprehensive statistical analysis package (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do many data analysts and research programmers use R?

<p>Because it allows easy interaction with data sources and statistical packages (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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