The Book of R is a comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to R, the worldโs most popular programming language for statistical analysis. Even if you have no programming experience and little more than a grounding in the basics of mathematics, youโll find everything you need to begin using R effectively for statistical analysis.
Youโll start with the basics, like how to handle data and write simple programs, before moving on to more advanced topics, like producing statistical summaries of your data and performing statistical tests and modeling. Youโll even learn how to create impressive data visualizations with Rโs basic graphics tools and contributed packages, like ggplot2 and ggvis, as well as interactive 3D visualizations using the rgl package.
Dozens of hands-on exercises (with downloadable solutions) take you from theory to practice, as you learn:
โThe fundamentals of programming in R, including how to write data frames, create functions, and use variables, statements, and loops
โStatistical concepts like exploratory data analysis, probabilities, hypothesis tests, and regression modeling, and how to execute them in R
โHow to access Rโs thousands of functions, libraries, and data sets
โHow to draw valid and useful conclusions from your data
โHow to create publication-quality graphics of your results
Combining detailed explanations with real-world examples and exercises, this book will provide you with a solid understanding of both statistics and the depth of Rโs functionality. Make The Book of R your doorway into the growing world of data analysis.