Book description
Mastering R has never been easier
Picking up R can be tough, even for seasoned statisticians and data analysts. R For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides a quick and painless way to master all the R you'll ever need. Requiring no prior programming experience and packed with tons of practical examples, step-by-step exercises, and sample code, this friendly and accessible guide shows you how to know your way around lists, data frames, and other R data structures, while learning to interact with other programs, such as Microsoft Excel. You'll learn how to reshape and manipulate data, merge data sets, split and combine data, perform calculations on vectors and arrays, and so much more.
R is an open source statistical environment and programming language that has become very popular in varied fields for the management and analysis of data. R provides a wide array of statistical and graphical techniques, and has become the standard among statisticians for software development and data analysis. R For Dummies, 2nd Edition takes the intimidation out of working with R and arms you with the knowledge and know-how to master the programming language of choice among statisticians and data analysts worldwide.
Covers downloading, installing, and configuring R
Includes tips for getting data in and out of R
Offers advice on fitting regression models and ANOVA
Provides helpful hints for working with graphics
R For Dummies, 2nd Edition is an ideal introduction to R for complete beginners, as well as an excellent technical reference for experienced R programmers.
Table of contents
-
- Cover
- Introduction
- Part I: Getting Started with R Programming
- Part II: Getting Down to Work in R
- Part III: Coding in R
- Part IV: Making the Data Talk
- Part V: Working with Graphics
- Part VI: The Part of Tens
- Appendix A: Installing R and RStudio
- Appendix B: The rfordummies Package
- About the Authors
- Cheat Sheet
- Connect with Dummies
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: R For Dummies, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2015
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9781119055808
You might also like
book
R For Dummies
Still trying to wrap your head around R? With more than two million users, R is …
book
R for Everyone: Advanced Analytics and Graphics, 2nd Edition
Statistical Computation for Programmers, Scientists, Quants, Excel Users, and Other Professionals Using the open source R …
book
The Book of R
The Book of R is a comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to R, the world's most popular programming …
book
R in Action, Second Edition
R in Action, Second Edition presents both the R language and the examples that make it …