A start-to-finish guide to one of the most useful programming languages for researchers in a variety of fields
In the newly revised Third Edition of The R Book, a team of distinguished teachers and researchers delivers a user-friendly and comprehensive discussion of foundational and advanced topics in the R software language, which is used widely in science, engineering, medicine, economics, and other fields. The book is designed to be used as both a complete text - readable from cover to cover - and as a reference manual for practitioners seeking authoritative guidance on particular topics.
This latest edition offers instruction on the use of the RStudio GUI, an easy-to-use environment for those new to R. It provides readers with a complete walkthrough of the R language, beginning at a point that assumes no prior knowledge of R and very little previous knowledge of statistics. Readers will also find:
- A thorough introduction to fundamental concepts in statistics and step-by-step roadmaps to their implementation in R;
- Comprehensive explorations of worked examples in R;
- A complementary companion website with downloadable datasets that are used in the book;
- In-depth examination of essential R packages.
Perfect for undergraduate and postgraduate students of science, engineering, medicine economics, and geography, The R Book will also earn a place in the libraries of social sciences professionals.
Table of Contents
Preface
1 Getting started 1
2 Technical background 17
3 Essentials of the R language 55
4 Data input and dataframes 195
5 Graphics 235
6 Graphics in more detail 289
7 Tables 357
8 Probability distributions in R 369
9 Testing 401
10 Regression 433
11 Generalised Linear Models 495
12 Generalised Additive Models 575
13 Mixed-effect models 599
14 Non-linear regression 627
15 Survival analysis 651
16 Designed experiments 669
17 Meta-analysis 701
18 Time Series 717
19 Multivariate Statistics 743
20 Classification and regression trees 765
21 Spatial Statistics 785
22 Bayesian Statistics 807
23 Simulation models 833
