R For Dummies, 2nd Edition

About the Authors

Andrie de Vries: Andrie started to use R in 2009 to analyze survey data, and he has been continually impressed by the ability of the open-source community to innovate and create phenomenal software. During 2009 he also started PentaLibra, a boutique market research and statistical analysis agency. After getting increasingly involved in the R community, he joined Revolution Analytics to help take R to enterprise customers, helping clients to deal with the challenges of data science and big data. To maintain equilibrium in his life, Andrie is studying and practicing yoga.

Joris Meys, MSc: Joris is a statistical consultant, R programmer and R lecturer at Ghent University (Belgium). After earning a master’s degree in biology, he worked for six years in environmental research and management before starting an advanced master’s degree in statistical data analysis. Joris writes packages for both specific projects and general implementation of methods developed in his department, and he is the maintainer of several packages on R-Forge. He has co-authored a number of scientific papers as a statistical expert. To balance science with culture, Joris spends most of his spare time playing saxophone in a couple of local bands.

Dedication

This book is for my wife, Annemarie, because of her encouragement, support, and patience. Also for my niece, Tanya, who is really good at math and kept reminding me of approaching deadlines! Finally, to my parents, for a lifetime of encouragement. ...