.. reproducible research tutorial file, created by ARichards

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R
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About R
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The `R <http://www.r-project.org>`_ R computing environment is the *Lingua franca* for the statistics community.  
If you do not already have R installed on your machine then:

Installation
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GNU/Linux
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Under Debian-based GNU/Linux distros:

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        ~$ sudo apt-get install r-base-dev

Mac OS X
^^^^^^^^

Visit the official `installation <http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx>`_ page for OS X.

Windows
^^^^^^^

Visit the official `install <http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base>`_ page for Windows. 
Also there is a `FAQ <http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/rw-FAQ.html>`_ page.


Useful links
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* The `official R website <http://www.r-project.org>`_
* The `Use R conference <http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/UseR-2012>`_