Statistics with R: A Beginner's Guide

Statistics is made simple with this award-winning guide to using R and applied statistical methods. 

With a clear step-by-step approach explained using real world examples, learn the practical skills you need to use statistical methods in your research from an expert with over 30 years of teaching experience. With a wealth of hands-on exercises and online resources created by the author, practice your skills using the data sets and R scripts from the book with detailed screencasts that accompany each script.
 
This book is ideal for anyone looking to:
• Complete an introductory course in statistics
• Prepare for more advanced statistical courses
• Gain the transferable analytical skills needed to interpret research from across the social sciences
• Learn the technical skills needed to present data visually
• Acquire a basic competence in the use of R and RStudio. 

This edition also includes a gentle introduction to Bayesian methods integrated throughout.

The author has created a wide range of online resources, including: over 90 R scripts, 36 datasets, 37 screen casts, complete solutions for all exercises, and 130 multiple-choice questions to test your knowledge. 

Robert Stinerock has more than 30 years of experience teaching statistics and probability to students at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He has taught classes at Columbia, Trinity, Rutgers, Fairleigh Dickinson, the Stevens Institute of Technology, Catolica de Lisboa (Portugal), and the Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal). Since 2014, he has taught statistics at the Executive MBA program at Baruch College of the City University of New York.

He has received several awards for excellence in the classroom: the Stevens Howe School Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award; the Stevens Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award; and the Fairleigh Dickinson Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching.

He has published numerous research articles in academic journals, most recently in the Journal of Macromarketing, the Journal of Business Research, and Geoforum.

He earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees, all from Columbia University.

He and his wife, Jyoti, live in New York City.