JavaScript Questions & Answers – Getting Started with R – I

This set of Javascript Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Getting Started with R – I”.

1. R is an extension of which of the following language?
a) C
b) C++
c) S
d) C#
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Answer: c
Explanation: The R language is widely used among statisticians and data miners for developing statistical software and data analysis. R is an extension of and successor to the S language, which was itself a statistical language created in 1976 by John Chambers while at Bell Labs.

2. Which of the following is/are statistical languages?
a) R
b) S
c) P
d) Both R and S
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Answer: c
Explanation: Both R and S are statistical languages. The R language is widely used among statisticians and data miners for developing statistical software and data analysis.

3. Which of the following is a successor to the S language?
a) C++
b) R
c) S
d) Java
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Answer: b
Explanation: R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics supported by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing. R is an extension of and successor to the S language, which was itself a statistical language.
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4. What are the purposes R can be used for?
a) Suck in data
b) Parse data
c) Process data
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: The R language is widely used among statisticians and data miners for developing statistical software and data analysis. Generally, R can be used to suck in data, parse it, process it, and then visualize it for reporting purposes.

5. What type of language is generally used to collect the data?
a) Glue language
b) Statistical language
c) Both Glue and Statistical language
d) Operational language
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Answer: a
Explanation: A glue language is generally used to collect the data, that is written out as a comma-separated file, and read it into R. It enables interconnecting, support and the integration of software programs and components created using different programming languages and platforms.

6. What are the processes that take place within R?
a) Splitting of data
b) Aggregating of data
c) Overlaying two or more data
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: R is an integrated suite of software facilities for data manipulation, calculation and graphical display. Within R, processing the data, splitting it, averaging it, aggregating it, overlaying two or more data sets, and then from with R, a chart that depicts the data out is done.

7. Which platform is R imported to after charting as a PDF?
a) Adobe Illustrator
b) Adobe Photoshop
c) Both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
d) Adobe Indesign
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Answer: a
Explanation: Adobe Illustrator is used to produce professionally looking at statistical graphics. From R, the chart is imported into the Adobe Illustrator, or any other such program, where it can clean up things like font consistency and make sure axis labels with long names are visible.
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8. What is the purpose of a glue language?
a) Format data
b) Product data
c) Collect data
d) Both Format and Collect
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Answer: d
Explanation: Glue language refers to a programming language that is designed specifically to write and manage program and code, which connects together different software components. A glue language is generally used to collect and format the data.

9. Why do we use Adobe Illustrator along with R?
a) Collect the relevant data
b) Format the chart and to correct the errors
c) Tighten and format the chart
d) Ingest and process the chart
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Answer: c
Explanation: Adobe Illustrator is used to produce professionally looking at statistical graphics. The Adobe Illustrator is used along with R to tighten and format the chart.
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10. What does the R language do?
a) Tighten and format the chart
b) Ingest and process the chart
c) Format and Ingest the chart
d) Create the chart
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Answer: b
Explanation: R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modeling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible. The R language is generally used to collect data that has been collected by the glue language and then ingest and process and chart.

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