Testing Normal Distribution with RStudio

This chapter introduces you to four possibilities to check if your variable is normally distributed in RStudio. This is often a prerequisite for statistical methods.

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Data Analysis with RStudio An Easygoing Introduction

Data Analysis with RStudio

Franz Kronthaler Silke Zöllner •

Data Analysis with RStudio An Easygoing Introduction

Franz Kronthaler, University of Applied Sciences Grisons Chur, Switzerland

Silke Zöllner Institue of Business and Regional Economics IBR Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne, Switzerland

ISBN 978-3-662-62517-0 ISBN 978-3-662-62518-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62518-7

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R is a powerful freely available open-source tool for analyzing data and creating graphs ready for publication. In just a few years, R has become the leading statistical software in science and is now becoming even more widespread in practice and in business. R can be used to analyze data and to generate knowledge for companies and institutions that they can include in their business decisions. The objective of the text is to introduce R—specifically RStudio—to students from different fields of study and to practitioners and enable them to use R in their everyday work. The script is not a substitute for statistical textbooks. The focus lies on the use of RStudio for data analysis, but at the same time, also some statistical knowledge is conveyed. If someone feels the need to deepen the statistical knowledge, he or she should read a textbook of statistics. At the end of the script, various textbooks are briefly described. The main purpose however is to hand over the jo