Joseph Adler
R in a Nutshell
- ISBN 13:
- 9781449312084
- author:
- Joseph Adler
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- OReilly Media
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 724
- Dimensions:
- 6.00 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 1.50 (d)
- Genre:
- Other Programming Languages
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
R in a Nutshell by Joseph Adler provides a comprehensive guide to the R language and software environment for statistical computing and data visualization. This practical book covers everything from writing R functions and using packages to prepare, visualize, and analyze data. With numerous examples from various fields such as medicine, business, and sports, you'll learn how to use R to calculate statistical tests, fit models, and compute probability distributions. The second edition has been updated for R 2.14 and 2.15, including new chapters on R performance, the ggplot2 data visualization package, and parallel R computing with Hadoop. Get started quickly with an R tutorial and hundreds of examples, and explore thousands of user-contributed R packages online. This book serves as a complete desktop reference to R, making it an ideal resource for those looking to learn and master the language.