R in Action: Data Analysis and Graphics with R
Language: English
Published by Manning Publications, 2011
Series: Book 56 of 182 - In Action
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HIGHLIGHT A practical guide to the use of R for statistical analysis and graphing. DESCRIPTION The ability to interpret and act on the massive amounts of information locked in web and enterprise systems is critical to success in the modern business economy. R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, is a comprehensive package that empowers developers and analysts to capture, process, and respond intelligently to statistical information. R in Action is the first book to present both the R system and the use cases that make it such a compelling package for business developers. The book begins by introducing the R language, and then moves on to various examples illustrating R's features. Coverage includes data mining methodologies, approaches to messy data, R?s extensive graphical environment, useful add-on modules, and how to interface R with other software platforms and data management systems. KEY POINTS F ? In-depth coverage of the R environment F ? Dozens of practical examples F ? Author Rob Kabacoff has years of hands-on experience.…
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- Title
- R in Action: Data Analysis and Graphics with R
- Author
- Robert Kabacoff
- Publisher
- Manning Publications
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1935182390
- ISBN 13
- 9781935182399
- Series
- Book 56 of 182: In Action
R in Action is the first book to present both the R system and the use cases that make it such a compelling package for business developers. The book begins by introducing the R language, including the development environment. Focusing on practical solutions, the book also offers a crash course in practical statistics and covers elegant methods for dealing with messy and incomplete data using features of R.
About the Technology
R is a powerful language for statistical computing and graphics that can handle virtually any data-crunching task. It runs on all important platforms and provides thousands of useful specialized modules and utilities. This makes R a great way to get meaningful information from mountains of raw data.
About the Book
R in Action is a language tutorial focused on practical problems. It presents useful statistics examples and includes elegant methods for handling messy, incomplete, and non-normal data that are difficult to analyze using traditional methods. And statistical analysis is only part of the story. You'll also master R's extensive graphical capabilities for exploring and presenting data visually.
What's Inside
- Practical data analysis, step by step
- Interfacing R with other software
- Using R to visualize data
- Over 130 graphs
- Eight reference appendixes
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Table of Contents
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Part I Getting started
- Introduction to R
- Creating a dataset
- Getting started with graphs
- Basic data management
- Advanced data management Part II Basic methods
- Basic graphs
- Basic statistics Part III Intermediate methods
- Regression
- Analysis of variance
- Power analysis
- Intermediate graphs
- Re-sampling statistics and bootstrapping Part IV Advanced methods
- Generalized linear models
- Principal components and factor analysis
- Advanced methods for missing data
- Advanced graphics
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