R in action : data analysis and graphics with R /

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 p...

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Main Author: Kabacoff, Robert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Shelter Island, NY : London : Manning ; Pearson Education [distributor], ©2011
Series:Chapman & Hall/CRC the R series (CRC Press)
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 447 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index