Statistical inference
Data analysis
Machine learning algorithm
R by Industry
If we break down the use of R by industry, we see that academics come first. R is a language to do statistic. R is the first choice in the healthcare industry, followed by government and consulting.
R package
The primary uses of R is and will always be, statistic, visualization, and machine learning. The picture below shows which R package got the most questions in Stack Overflow. In the top 10, most of them are related to the workflow of a data scientist: data preparation and communicate the results.
Communicate with R
R has multiple ways to present and share work, either through a markdown document or a shiny app. Everything can be hosted in Rpub, GitHub or the business's website.
Rstudio accepts markdown to write a document. You can export the documents in different formats:
Document :
HTML
PDF/Latex
Word
Presentation
HTML
PDF beamer
