Learn how to perform data analysis with the R language and software environment, even if you have little or no programming experience. With the tutorials in this hands-on guide, youâ??ll learn how to use the essential R tools you need to know to analyze data, including data types and programming concepts.

The second half of Learning R shows you real data analysis in action by covering everything from importing data to publishing your results. Each chapter in the book includes a quiz on what youâ??ve learned, and concludes with exercises, most of which involve writing R code.

• Write a simple R program, and discover what the language can do


• Use data types such as vectors, arrays, lists, data frames, and strings


• Execute code conditionally or repeatedly with branches and loops


• Apply R add-on packages, and package your own work for others


• Learn how to clean data you import from a variety of sources


• Understand data through visualization and summary statistics


• Use statistical models to pass quantitative judgments about data and make predictions


• Learn what to do when things go wrong while writing data analysis code