Programming Skills for Data Science: Start Writing Code to Wrangle, Analyze, and Visualize Data with R, First Edition

Preface

Transforming data into actionable information requires the ability to clearly and reproducibly wrangle, analyze, and visualize that data. These skills are the foundations of data science, a field that has amplified our collective understanding of issues ranging from disease transmission to racial inequities. Moreover, the ability to programmatically interact with data enables researchers and professionals to quickly discover and communicate patterns in data that are often difficult to detect. Understanding how to write code to work with data allows people to engage with information in new ways and on larger scales.

The existence of free and open source software has made these tools accessible to anyone with access to a computer. The purpose ...