The R Book, 3rd Edition

Index

• Text in typewriter font denotes R functions or packages / libraries. The latter are all listed under the ‘package’ entry and where appropriate under specific functions or other entries. All datasets are listed under the heading ‘datasets’. Page references in bold give the definition of a term or the first major usage of a function.

• Symbols

• α  435
• β  435
• Γ function  43
• π  60

• !  67

• “ “  147

• #  191

• $  14, 62, 65, 140

• %%  61
• %*%  32
• %/%  61
• %in%  163

• &  67, 230
• &&  67

• :  75

• [ ]  87
• [[ ]]  139

• ∧   60
• <‐  62, 64
• ==  229

• |  67, 231
• ||  67

• Subject Index

• A
• abline  176, 266, 268–269, 343–344, 475, 769
• absolute values  61, 101
• adjusted R²  460
• aggregate  99
• AIC see Akaike's Information Criterion
• Akaike's Information Criterion  471, 473, 503, 514, 520, 526
• allometric relationships  21
• analysis of variance see linear regression
  • multivariate  743
• apply  114–115, 117
  • matrices  119–120
• apropos  11–12
• arcsin  20
  • asin  20
• argument  181, 193
  • default  193
  • lazy evaluation  195
  • supplied  193
• arithmetic operators
  • table of 62
• array  109
  • dimensions  109
  • reordering dimensions  123
• association plot  430
• asymptotic
  • function  25
  • result  47
• attach and detach  14, 97
  • when to use  178
  • with  179

• B
• bar chart  255, 263, 275
  • error bars  276
  • grouped  277
  • stacked  277
  • x‐axis values  668, 694
• Bayesian analysis  799
  • Bayes's theorem  802
  • BUGS code  808–810, 811, 815, 819
  • burn‐in period  803, 804
  • chains  803, 805