Introductory Guide to R Guilford Publications

Assuming no prior knowledge of programming, this friendly, straightforward guide helps new R users hit the ground running. Eric L. Einspruch provides an overview of this powerful free software and shows how to download and install R, RStudio, and R packages. The book features sample code, screenshots, learning exercises, and worked-through examples of statistical techniques. Fundamental aspects of data wrangling, analysis, visualization, and reporting are introduced, using both Base R and Tidyverse approaches. Einspruch emphasizes processes that support research reproducibility, such as use of comments to document R code and use of R Markdown capabilities.