A task view is a set of R packages grouped by one or more experts around a specific topic. For example, for data visualization, we could choose the task view called Graphics. For a text analysis, we could choose the NaturalLanguageAnalysis task view. To find a list of all these task views, we can go to the R home page at http://r-project.org. After clicking CRAN, choose a mirror server, then click Task Views on the left-hand side. The following screen will be displayed:
If we are interested in data visualization, then we can click on Graphics (see the following screenshot):
To save space, only the top part is shown. The task view gives many R-related packages around the topics of Graphic Display & Visualization. Another great benefit is installing all related packages by issuing just three lines of R code. Assume that we are interested in the task view related...