Statistical Analysis With R for Dummies

Understanding the world of R programming and analysis has never been easier Most guides to R, whether books or online, focus on R functions and procedures.

• Leverage R as a powerful statistical tool
• Test your hypotheses and draw conclusions
• Use R to give meaning to your data

The easy, practical guide to R

R is powerful, free software for statistical analysis—full of many tools and functions. R makes it possible to carry out complex statistical analyses by simply entering a few commands. This practical, step-by-step guide explains foundational statistical concepts and shows you how to implement them. You'll be able to perform analyses, understand their implications and results, and make them available to a wide audience.

Inside…

• How data is evaluated
• Installing and setting up R
• Using R for graphing
• All about variations and deviations
• How to draw conclusions
• Working with regression
• Using non-parametric statistics
• Probability and distributions

Understanding the world of R programming and analysis has never been easier

Most guides to R, whether books or online, focus on R functions and procedures. But now, thanks to Statistical Analysis with R For Dummies, you have access to a trusted, easy-to-follow guide that focuses on the foundational statistical concepts that R addresses—as well as step-by-step guidance that shows you exactly how to implement them using R programming.

People are becoming more aware of R every day as major institutions are adopting it as a standard. Part of its appeal is that it's a free tool that's taking the place of costly statistical software packages that sometimes take an inordinate amount of time to learn. Plus, R enables a user to carry out complex statistical analyses by simply entering a few commands, making sophisticated analyses available and understandable to a wide audience. Statistical Analysis with R For Dummies enables you to perform these analyses and to fully understand their implications and results.

• Gets you up to speed on the #1 analytics/data science software tool
• Demonstrates how to easily find, download, and use cutting-edge community-reviewed methods in statistics and predictive modeling
• Shows you how R offers intel from leading researchers in data science, free of charge
• Provides information on using R Studio to work with R

Get ready to use R to crunch and analyze your data—the fast and easy way!