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Re:Why do we use R rather than Excel? by wheelinsupial on Sunday July 11, 2021 @04:11PM (#27804203)
Are you using R or R Studio?

R: https://www.r-project.org/

There are manuals that you can find there.

R Studio (the IDE): https://www.rstudio.com/

R Studio cheat sheets: https://www.rstudio.com/resources/cheatsheets/

There is usually enough information on stack overflow / stack exchange to get through some questions. There is also a stats specific version that can sometimes be helpful. https://stats.stackexchange.com/

You are talking about documentation for user / community contributed packages. There is a minimum amount of standardization that needs to be followed, but yes, I do agree that the documentation could be better.

Hopefully this helps with installing packages: https://jtleek.com/modules/01_DataScientistToolbox/02_09_ins...

Re:Why do we use R rather than Excel? by eatonphil on Sunday July 11, 2021 @04:17PM (#27804244)
Thanks! I did end up figuring everything out this week I was trying to do (basics of syntax, 3rd party libraries, etc.). I posted the original comment just to document my experience on the path to figuring out these basics.