R Quick Syntax Reference

Tollefson, Margot

ISBN 10: 1430266406 / ISBN 13: 9781430266402

Published by Apress, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: R Quick Syntax Reference
• Publisher: Apress
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1430266406
• ISBN 13: 9781430266402
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very good

About this title

Synopsis

The R Quick Syntax Reference is a handy reference book detailing the intricacies of the R language. Not only is R a free, open-source tool, R is powerful, flexible, and has state of the art statistical techniques available. With the many details which must be correct when using any language, however, the R Quick Syntax Reference makes using R easier.

Starting with the basic structure of R, the book takes you on a journey through the terminology used in R and the syntax required to make R work. You will find looking up the correct form for an expression quick and easy. With a copy of the R Quick Syntax Reference in hand, you will find that are able to use the multitude of functions available to the R user and are even able to write your own functions to explore and analyze data.

• Takes you through learning R, from download to statistical analysis.
• Clears the confusion around object types and how to use and convert the types.
• Tells you how to search for statistical techniques using the R help pages.

About the Author

Margot Tollefson is a self-employed consulting statistician residing in the tiny town of Stratford in the corn and soybean fields of north-central Iowa.She started using the S-Plus language in the early 1990s and was happy to switch to R about ten years ago. Margot enjoys writing her own functions in R - to do plots and simulations, as well as to implement custom modeling and use published statistical methods. She earned her graduate degrees in statistics from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.