Based on their extensive experience with teaching R and statistics to appliedscientists, the authors provide a beginner's guide to R. To avoid the difficulty of teaching R and statistics at the same time, statistical methods are kept to a minimum. The text covers how to download and install R, import and manage data, elementary plotting, an introduction to functions, advanced plotting,and common beginner mistakes. This book contains everything you need to know to get started with R. “Its biggest advantage is that it aims only to teach R.It organizes R commands very efficiently, with much teaching guidance included. I would describe this book as being handy – it’s the kind of book that you want to keep in your jacket pocket or backpack all the time, ready for use, like a Swiss Army knife. (Loveday Conquest, University of Washington) Takes a different approach to explaining R, namely without the need to know/learn statistics at the same time INDICE: Introduction.- Getting data into R.- Accessing variables and managing subsets of data.- Simple commands.- An introduction to basic plotting tools.- Loops and functions.- Graphing tools.- An introduction to lattice package.- Common R mistakes.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-93836-3
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 215
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés