Difference between R MarkDown and R NoteBook

Question

I am trying to understand at a high level what the differences between R Markdown and R NoteBook. I know they are interrelated but I would like to figu

Answer 1

The difference is that in R Notebok you can write Markdown and R-code Chunks and directly execute them and see results right away. It is kind of a Notebook for yourself.

R Markdown is there to create nice looking outputs in html, pdf or a word Document. Combining Markdown and R-Code-Chunks. A short introduction and motivation can be found here.

If you want to get more infos about the the knitr Package klick here.