Homage to R: Learn the Language of Data Science - Softcover

Bray, Robert L.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798433614789

Publisher: Independently published, 2023

Synopsis

This book will introduce you to the R programming language and the tidyverse way of manipulating data. It assumes no prior knowledge of programming or statistics. It has seven chapters, which cover

• basic data structures,
• functions,
• plots and data pivots,
• multi-column operations and joins,
• lists and linear models,
• generalized linear models, and
• spacial data.

It reinforces concepts with detailed lab assignments, in which you will do real data science with real data. The labs cover:

• mishaps at nuclear power plants,
• case scheduling at the labor appellate court of Rome,
• Alibaba's package-delivery scores,
• auto part defects reported to the NHTSA,
• grocery-store inventory runs (the supply chain analog of bank runs), and
• illegal fishing on the high seas.

And in addition to these formal labs, you will also casually analyze data from

• Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC),
• City of Evanston Police Department,
• Netflix,
• lichess.org,
• Wine Spectator
• Citi Bike bicycle sharing program, and
• Jane Austen.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798433614789
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 477