R Primer

<p>Newcomers to R are often intimidated by the command-line interface the vast number of functions and packages or the processes of importing data and performing a simple statistical analysis. <strong>The R Primer</strong> provides a collection of concise examples and solutions to R problems frequently encountered by new users of this statistical software.</p><p>Rather than explore the many options available for every command as well as the ever-increasing number of packages the book focuses on the basics of data preparation and analysis and gives examples that can be used as a starting point. The numerous examples illustrate a specific situation topic or problem including data importing data management classical statistical analyses and high-quality graphics production. Each example is self-contained and includes R code that can be run exactly as shown enabling results from the book to be replicated. While base R is used throughout other functions or packages are listed if they cover or extend the functionality.</p><p>After working through the examples found in this text new users of R will be able to better handle data analysis and graphics applications in R. Additional topics and R code are available from the book's supporting website at www.statistics.life.ku.dk/primer/</p>