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    Learning and Teaching R | Get to the Plot

    As an experienced R user, I have seen numerous social media posts and perhaps even a few stackexchange requests over the years asking the question, “how do I learn R?”. This is a great question. A related one is, “how do I teach or coach R?” To the would-be student, I ask, “What attracted you to R in the first place?” I suspect it wasn't that it was free, though this is a reasonable motivation considering the cost of comparable commercial software. To the newcomer, were you attracted to R because of a graph you saw on the web, in a lecture, presentation or article? Teachers, what drew you to…