https://livesys.se/tags/rstats/ Recent content in Rstats on Living Systems_ Hugo en-us Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:52:00 +0100 https://livesys.se/posts/why-is-r-so-confusing/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:52:00 +0100 https://livesys.se/posts/why-is-r-so-confusing/ <p><p class="image"> <img src="confused.png" alt="Confused man trying to run some R code" /> </p> </p> <p>I&rsquo;m not the only one who thinks the <a href="https://www.r-project.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">R language</a> can be pretty frustrating at times.</p> <p>In fact, although I have been using it a dozen times over my career, every time I have picked it up again after a hiatus, I have been completely lost.</p> <p>Many people have written about various aspects of why it is so confusing, and some common themes are things like:</p>