R for all (I): Introduction to the new age of biological analyses

Pavel Drozd, Jan Šipoš
2013 Casopis Slezského Zemského Muzea (A)  
Ab s tr a ct: An increasing number of new and more sophisticated quantitative analyses forces biologists to find an adequate statistical software. In our opinion free software R is the best solution for many types of ecological and other biological analyses. R software provides tools for effective data handling, modern statistical methods and excellent graphic facilities. In our paper we introduce R, discuss benefits of the program and briefly comment several R packages appropriate for
more » ... . In the next articles of the series about R we will try to illustrate the usage of particular R packages or statistical methods on real data examples.
doi:10.2478/cszma-2013-0004 fatcat:cawk6wystvb57kiu6wchnpytym