Saturday, 18 April 2015

How to install R programming language in Ubuntu

Installing R in Ubuntu is a very simple process, it can be installed in two ways:

  1. Using terminal
  2. Using Ubuntu Software Center
Installing R using terminal 
  1. Open Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T)
  2. Execute the command sudo apt-get update
  3. Then execute the command sudo apt-get install r-base
Installing R using Ubuntu Software Center
  1. Open Ubuntu Software Center
  2. Search for r-base in the software center
  3. Click on the install button and wait for the installation to complete
You can also use RStudio which is the popular IDE for R programming language.

Monday, 30 March 2015

Data Analysis - The begining

The word analysis may be thrown around to get a better understanding of things. When people see that he needs a expert opinion on something, they ask for a analysis.

Data analysis might be the same. Numbers are hard to work with, especially if it's in a large quantities around you. 

The main job of a Data Analyst would be to make sense of the world from the data.

A good Data Analyst would know how to translate raw numbers into intelligence that would drive real world problems. He can see the data for what is stands for.