The latter two components are optional and can be ommitted when choosing 'custom install', they are only needed. Contains R 4.1.1 framework, R.app GUI 1.77 in 64-bit for Intel Macs, Tcl/Tk 8.6.6 X11 libraries and Texinfo 6.7. Great care has been taken over the defaults for the minor design choices in graphics, but the user retains full control. R 4.1.1 binary for macOS 10.13 ( High Sierra) and higher, Intel 64-bit build, signed and notarized package. One of R's strengths is the ease with which well-designed publication-quality plots can be produced, including mathematical symbols and formulae where needed. The S language is often the vehicle of choice for research in statistical methodology, and R provides an Open Source route to participation in that activity. ) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible. R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, bioinformatics. There are some important differences, but much code written for S runs unaltered under R. R can be considered as a different implementation of S. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
