We meet a lot of R users on our travels, and something we often hear from them is that while they're doing amazing things with R (incredible data visualizations, statistical analysis, and data science applications), their supervisors or peers may not know that the R language is involved, or that others could benefit from using it. It would be great, they tell us, to have something short and sweet to share that describes what makes R so special.
So we decided to write a script, hire an animator and a voice-over artist, and create a 90-second video all about the history, community and applications of R for everyone to share. Here it is:
This video is free to share (under a Creative Commons license), and you can even download the source MP4 video file for offline viewing or to remix. We designed it for anyone who's unfamiliar with R but would be interested to know what it is and what it can do. Let us know what you think in the comments, and please share the link www.revolutionanalytics.com/what-is-r to spread the word about R.
Revolution Analytics: What is R?
Great video! Thanks to the international community of statisticians and researchers, R is here to stay on!
Posted by: Josue | July 25, 2013 at 08:21
Awesome video!
Posted by: Tordal | July 25, 2013 at 21:54
this is a great video. I need to show this to my employer next time they interview me with the word SAS in a sentence.
Posted by: walkingon2008 | August 08, 2013 at 13:00