is r good for research what is the best program to use open source in scientific research? why are open source models useful what is the use of r open source does r RAN support models r can be programmed as a function in a package why use r packages what is the pros and cons of using open source software why should r programs be open source can r be used for research are r packages open source is it a good practice to use open source packages in r how good is r for research should r models be open source is r open source good can researchers write their own r packages can i write simple models using R packages is it bad to use cran r for research can r models be made from cran is it a good practice to use r packages from cran for research?