R For Dummies

Mastering R has never been easier Picking up R can be tough, even for seasoned statisticians anddata analysts. R For Dummies, 2nd Editionprovides a quick and painless way to master all the R you'll everneed. Requiring no prior programming experience and packed withtons of practical examples, step-by-step exercises, and samplecode, this friendly and accessible guide shows you how to know yourway around lists, data frames, and other R data structures, whilelearning to interact with other programs, such as Microsoft Excel.You'll learn how to reshape and manipulate data, merge data sets,split and combine data, perform calculations on vectors and arrays,and so much more. R is an open source statistical environment and programminglanguage that has become very popular in varied fields for themanagement and analysis of data. R provides a wide array ofstatistical and graphical techniques, and has become the standardamong statisticians for software development and data analysis.R For Dummies, 2nd Edition takes the intimidationout of working with R and arms you with the knowledge and know-howto master the programming language of choice among statisticiansand data analysts worldwide. * Covers downloading, installing, and configuring R * Includes tips for getting data in and out of R * Offers advice on fitting regression models and ANOVA * Provides helpful hints for working with graphics R For Dummies, 2nd Edition is an idealintroduction to R for complete beginners, as well as an excellenttechnical reference for experienced R programmers.