Dimensions
188 x 238 x 19mm
R Projects For Dummiesfills a huge gap in the R community. Most guides to R, whether in books or online, focus on R functions and procedures. Written by enthusiastic R users who (understandably) want to discuss and describe R capabilities, they tend to give limited attention to the foundational statistical concepts that R addresses.
This is the right time to publish this book because more people are becoming aware of R every day. It squo;s a free tool, and it is the basis of a huge amount of work in data science. Ithsquo;s taking the place of costly statistical software packages that sometimes take an inordinate amount of time to learn. Major institutions are adopting R as a standard. One reason is that R enables a user to carry out complex analyses by just entering a few commands, thus making sophisticated analyses available to a wide audience. This book will allow readers to learn and sharpen skills by applying them in the context of projects with R, and the projects cover a wide range of very applicable topics - dashboards, image processing, data reduction, and mapping.
The content covers two very important dimensions that make unique in this market odash; it offers a wide variety of project topics that can be applied in various scenarios, and the depth of the project experience is unmatched by any other content online or in print. Rather than acquiring a set of skills, completing the projects enables readers to plan and execute their own R projects
