Empirical Finance in R: An Introduction
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https://doi.org/10.54155/jitf.v5i1.25Abstract
This article provides an introduction to the R statistical programming language with teaching applications in finance. R
is a statistical software environment for data analysis and graphics. Specific applications presented in this study include the
calculation of descriptive statistics for financial returns of 2 stocks and the S&P 500 Index. The R language is useful in
today’s finance classrooms because of its open-source coding environment, ease of learning, and high number of financial
data analysis packages contributed by users worldwide.
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2023-09-03
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Empirical Finance in R: An Introduction. (2023). Journal of Instructional Techniques in Finance, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.54155/jitf.v5i1.25