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Data Insight Foundations: Step-by-Step Data Analysis with R
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Data Insight Foundations: Step-by-Step Data Analysis with R

by Nikita Tkachenko
March 2025
Beginner to intermediate
222 pages
5h 46m
English
Apress
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© Nikita Tkachenko 2025
N. TkachenkoData Insight Foundationshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0580-6_1

1. Data Manipulation

Nikita Tkachenko1  
(1)
San Francisco, CA, USA
 

In data analysis, visualization and manipulation are essential for understanding and communicating complex information. R, a powerful programming language for data analysis, offers a variety of packages that enable the creation of visually compelling plots and the streamlining of data manipulation. One of the most user-friendly and widely used collections of R packages1 is tidyverse, developed by Hadley Wickham, chief scientist at Posit (RStudio). Tidyverse includes packages that cover all common tasks and can be installed with and activated using . In this introduction, we will ...

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