Survivor's Guide to R
Subtitle: An Introduction for the Uninitiated and the Unnerved
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9781483346731
Subjects: Statistics, data processing; Programming languages (electronic computers)
Description: Focusing on developing practical R skills rather than teaching pure statistics, Dr. Kurt Taylor Gaubatz's A Survivor's Guide to R provides a gentle yet thorough introduction to R. The book is structured around critical R tasks, and focuses on applied knowledge, rather than abstract concepts. Gaubatz's easy-to-read approach helps students with little or no background in statistics or programming to develop real-world R skills through straightforward coverage of R objects and functions. Focusing on real-world data, the challenges of dataset construction, and the use of R's powerful graphing tools, the guide is written in an accessible, sympathetic, even humorous style that ensures students acquire functional R skills they can use in their own projects and carry into their work beyond the classroom.