The software environment R for official statistics and survey methodology
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2016
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01A - Journal article
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Austrian Journal of Statistics
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Special Issue on R
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45
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97-124
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Austrian Statistical Society
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The open-source programming language and software environment R is currently one of the most widely used and popular software tools for statistics and data analysis. This contribution provides an overview of important R packages used in official statistics and survey methodology and discusses the usefulness of R in the daily work of a statistical office. Examples of activities and developments in R related projects in several national and international statistical offices are given. The focus is not only on the internal infrastructure that national and international statistical offices provide for using R but also on some interesting R related projects carried out in those institutes. Two particular packages (laeken and sdcMicro) and one data set (Statistics on Earnings Survey) are used to illustrate the usefulness (and the user-friendliness) of R and to present methods available in R. In addition, the access to international statistical databases like WDI of World Bank and UN COMTRADE with R is illustrated.
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1026-597X
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English
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Templ, M., & Todorov, V. (2016). The software environment R for official statistics and survey methodology. Austrian Journal of Statistics, 45(1), 97–124. https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v45i1.100