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R Projects For Dummies
About this book
Make the most of R's extensive toolset
R Projects For Dummies offers a unique learn-by-doing approach. You will increase the depth and breadth of your R skillset by completing a wide variety of projects. By using R's graphics, interactive, and machine learning tools, you'll learn to apply R's extensive capabilities in an array of scenarios. The depth of the project experience is unmatched by any other content online or in print. And you just might increase your statistics knowledge along the way, too!
R is a free tool, and it's the basis of a huge amount of work in data science. It's taking the place of costly statistical software that sometimes takes a long time to learn. One reason is that you can use just a few R commands to create sophisticated analyses. Another is that easy-to-learn R graphics enable you make the results of those analyses available to a wide audience.
This book will help you sharpen your skills by applying them in the context of projects with R, including dashboards, image processing, data reduction, mapping, and more.
- Appropriate for R users at all levels
- Helps R programmers plan and complete their own projects
- Focuses on R functions and packages
- Shows how to carry out complex analyses by just entering a few commands
If you're brand new to R or just want to brush up on your skills, R Projects For Dummies will help you complete your projects with ease.
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Part 1
The Tools of the Trade
IN THIS PART …
Learn about R and RStudio
Understand R Functions and Structures
Create your own R Functions
Examine data
Use base R graphics
Graduate to
ggplot2 graphicsChapter 1
R: What It Does and How It Does It
IN THIS CHAPTER
So you’re ready to journey into the wonderful world of R! Designed by and for statisticians and data scientists, R has a short but illustrious history.
In the 1990s, Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman developed R at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The Foundation for Statistical Computing supports R, which is growing more popular by the day.
Getting R
If you don’t already have R on your computer, the first thing to do is to download R and install it.
You’ll find the appropriate software on the website of the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). In your browser, type this web address if you work in Windows:
cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/baseType this one if you work on the Mac:
cran.r-project.org/bin/macosxClick the link to download R. This puts a
win.exe file in your Windows computer or a pkg file in your Mac. In either case, follow the usual installation procedures. When installation is complete, Windows users see two R icons on their desktop, one for 32-bit processors and one for 64-bit processors (pick the one that's right for you). Mac users see an R icon in their Application folder.
Getting RStudio
Working with R is a lot easier if you do it through an application called RStudio. Computer honchos refer to RStudio as an IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Think of it as a tool that helps you write, edit, run, and keep track of your R code, and as an environment that connects you to a world of helpful hints about R.
Here’s the web address for this terrific tool:
www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/downloadClick the link for the installer for your computer’s operating system — Windows, Mac, or a flavor of Linux — and again follow the usual installation procedures.
After you finish installing R and RStudio...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: The Tools of the Trade
- Part 2: Interacting with a User
- Part 3: Machine Learning
- Part 4: Large(ish) Data Sets
- Part 5: Maps and Images
- Part 6: The Part of Tens
- About the Author
- Connect with Dummies
- End User License Agreement