Resources

Some hints for the R beginner

Learn the fundamentals of R with a curated collection of beginner-friendly resources. Whether you’re completely new to R or just getting started with Portfolio Probe, these guides will help you build a solid foundation.

Why learn R?

Portfolio Probe is built to work with the R programming language. While you don’t need to be an R expert to get started, a basic understanding of R will make it much easier to work with data, run analyses, and get the most out of the software.

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Learn the Basics

Impatient R provides a brief grounding in the basics of using R.
Beginner’s Guide to R from Computerworld.
Try R is a fun way of learning some R.
swirl (Statistics With Interactive R Learning) is another interactive environment for learning R.
DataCamp has yet another interactive tutorial.

There is a set of two-minute videos called R twotorials.
One Page R (which in total is many pages) covers a number of topics.
“21 R navigation tools” is about how to find objects and information in R.
There are many books about R. The best one for you to start with depends on where you are and where you want to go. If you are starting from zero, then I recommend R For Dummies.

R and finance

R is used a lot in finance, and that use is growing. There are two task views that are pertinent:

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The R language category of the Portfolio Probe blog has examples of R being used in the context of quantitative finance.

Other R resources

Several R task views
The R-bloggers site aggregates blog posts about R
R user groups around the world

Portfolio Probe Cookbook

R Resources

Support

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