<s>
Sweave	B-Application
is	O
a	O
function	O
in	O
the	O
statistical	O
programming	O
language	O
R	B-Language
that	O
enables	O
integration	O
of	O
R	B-Language
code	I-Language
into	O
LaTeX	B-Application
or	O
LyX	B-Language
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	O
analysis	O
is	O
performed	O
at	O
the	O
moment	O
of	O
writing	O
the	O
report	O
,	O
or	O
more	O
exactly	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
moment	O
of	O
compiling	O
the	O
Sweave	B-Application
code	O
with	O
Sweave	B-Application
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
essentially	O
with	O
R	B-Language
)	O
and	O
subsequently	O
with	O
LaTeX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
Sweave	B-Application
files	O
together	O
with	O
any	O
external	O
R	B-Language
files	O
that	O
might	O
be	O
sourced	O
from	O
them	O
and	O
the	O
data	O
files	O
contain	O
all	O
the	O
information	O
necessary	O
to	O
trace	O
back	O
all	O
steps	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
analyses	O
,	O
Sweave	B-Application
also	O
has	O
the	O
potential	O
to	O
make	O
research	O
more	O
transparent	O
and	O
reproducible	O
to	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
only	O
the	O
case	O
to	O
the	O
extent	O
that	O
the	O
author	O
makes	O
the	O
data	O
and	O
the	O
R	B-Language
and	O
Sweave	B-Application
code	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
author	O
only	O
publishes	O
the	O
resulting	O
PDF	B-Application
document	O
or	O
printed	O
versions	O
thereof	O
,	O
a	O
report	O
created	O
using	O
Sweave	B-Application
is	O
no	O
more	O
transparent	O
or	O
reproducible	O
than	O
the	O
same	O
report	O
created	O
with	O
other	O
statistical	O
and	O
text	O
preparation	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
