Baldock Using R for Statistics

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4842-0139-8
Verlag: APRESS
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten, eBook

will get you the answers to most of the problems you are likely to encounter when using a variety of statistics. This book is a problem-solution primer for using R to set up your data, pose your problems and get answers using a wide array of statistical tests. The book walks you through R basics and how to use R to accomplish a wide variety statistical operations.

You'll be able to navigate the R system, enter and import data, manipulate datasets, calculate summary statistics, create statistical plots and customize their appearance, perform hypothesis tests such as the t-tests and analyses of variance, and build regression models. Examples are built around actual datasets to simulate real-world solutions, and programming basics are explained to assist those who do not have a development background.

After reading and using this guide, you'll be comfortable using and applying R to your specific statistical analyses or hypothesis tests. No prior knowledge of R or of programming is assumed, though you should have some experience with statistics.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baldock, Sarah

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. R Fundamentals2. Working with Data Files3. Preparing and Manipulating Data4. Combining and Restructuring Data Sets5. Continuous Variables6. Tabular Data7. Probability Distribution8. Creating Plots9. Customizing Plots10. Hypothesis Tests11. Regression and Linear Models12. Appendix A: Basic Programming with R13. Appendix B: Add-on Packages14: Appendix C: Data Sets

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Stowell is a Contract Statistician with Mitsubishi Pharma Europe and has been a Statistician with MDSL International and GlaxoSmithKline previously. She holds a Master of Science degree in Statistics.