Book description
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself R in 24 Hours helps you learn all the R skills you need to solve a wide spectrum of real-world data analysis problems. You’ll master the entire data analysis workflow, learning to build code that’s efficient, reproducible, and suitable for sharing with others.
This book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach teaches
you how to import, manipulate, summarize, model, and plot data with
R; formalize your analytical code; and build powerful R packages
using current best practices.
Practical, hands-on examples show you
how to apply what you learn.
Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and
stretch your skills.
Learn How To
Install, configure, and explore the R environment, including RStudio
Use basic R syntax, objects, and packages
Create and manage data structures, including vectors, matrices, and arrays
Understand lists and data frames
Work with dates, times, and factors
Use common R functions, and learn to write your own
Import and export data and connect to databases and spreadsheets
Use the popular tidyr, dplyr and data.table packages
Write more efficient R code with profiling, vectorization, and initialization
Plot data and extend your graphical capabilities with ggplot2 and Lattice graphics
Develop common types of models
Construct high-quality packages, both simple and complex
Write R classes: S3, S4, and Reference Classes
Use R to generate dynamic reports
Build web applications with Shiny
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This book’s source code can be found at http://www.mango-solutions.com/wp/teach-yourself-r-in-24-hours-book/.
Table of contents
- About This E-Book
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Dedications
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Hour 1. The R Community
- Hour 2. The R Environment
- Hour 3. Single-Mode Data Structures
- Hour 4. Multi-Mode Data Structures
- Hour 5. Dates, Times, and Factors
- Hour 6. Common R Utility Functions
- Hour 7. Writing Functions: Part I
- Hour 8. Writing Functions: Part II
- Hour 9. Loops and Summaries
- Hour 10. Importing and Exporting
- Hour 11. Data Manipulation and Transformation
- Hour 12. Efficient Data Handling in R
- Hour 13. Graphics
- Hour 14. The ggplot2 Package for Graphics
- Hour 15. Lattice Graphics
- Hour 16. Introduction to R Models and Object Orientation
- Hour 17. Common R Models
- Hour 18. Code Efficiency
- Hour 19. Package Building
- Hour 20. Advanced Package Building
- Hour 21. Writing R Classes
- Hour 22. Formal Class Systems
- Hour 23. Dynamic Reporting
- Hour 24. Building Web Applications with Shiny
- Appendix: Installation
- Index
- Code Snippets
Product information
- Title: Sams Teach Yourself R in 24 Hours
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2015
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: 9780134288819
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