A Beginner's Guide to R (2009). Zuur, Ieno and Meesters. Springer
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Based on their extensive experience with teaching R and statistics to applied scientists, the authors provide a beginner's guide to R. To avoid the difficulty of teaching R and statistics at the same time, statistical methods are kept to a minimum. The text covers how to download and install R, import and manage data, elementary plotting, an introduction to functions, advanced plotting, and common beginner mistakes.
Due to high sales volume 'A Beginner's Guide to R' is currently being translated in Chinese and Japanese.
Reviewer comments
- A nice and positive review in The R Journal by Laura Schultz. Rowan University
- This book contains everything you need to know to get started with R. "Its biggest advantage is that it aims only to teach R...It organizes R commands very efficiently, with much teaching guidance included. I would describe this book as being handy--it's the kind of book that you want to keep in your jacket pocket or backpack all the time, ready for use, like a Swiss Army knife." Loveday Conquest, University of Washington
- "Whilst several books focus on learning statistics in R..., the authors of this book fill a gap in the market by focusing on learning R whilst almost completely avoiding any statistical jargon...The fact that the authors have very extensive experience of teaching R to absolute beginners shines throughout." Mark Mainwaring, Lancaster University
- "Exactly what is needed...This is great, nice work. I love the ecological/biological examples; they will be an enormous help." Andrew J. Tyne, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Table of contents
Sample chapters
Data and R code
- Click here for all the data in ascii format. And three Excel files used in the exercises.
- Click here for all the R code.