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<p><b>Introduction 1</b></p> <p><b>Part I: R You Ready? 7</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: Introducing R: The Big Picture 9</p> <p>Chapter 2: Exploring R 15</p> <p>Chapter 3: The Fundamentals of R 31</p> <p><b>Part II: Getting Down to Work in R 43</b></p> <p>Chapter 4: Getting Started with Arithmetic 45</p> <p>Chapter 5: Getting Started with Reading and Writing 71</p> <p>Chapter 6: Going on a Date with R 93</p> <p>Chapter 7: Working in More Dimensions 103</p> <p><b>Part III: Coding in R 137</b></p> <p>Chapter 8: Putting the Fun in Functions 139</p> <p>Chapter 9: Controlling the Logical Flow 159</p> <p>Chapter 10: Debugging Your Code 179</p> <p>Chapter 11: Getting Help 193</p> <p><b>Part IV: Making the Data Talk 203</b></p> <p>Chapter 12: Getting Data into and out of R 205</p> <p>Chapter 13: Manipulating and Processing Data 219</p> <p>Chapter 14: Summarizing Data 253</p> <p>Chapter 15: Testing Differences and Relations 275</p> <p><b>Part V: Working with Graphics 299</b></p> <p>Chapter 16: Using Base Graphics 301</p> <p>Chapter 17: Creating Faceted Graphics with Lattice 317</p> <p>Chapter 18: Looking At ggplot2 Graphics 333</p> <p><b>Part VI: The Part of Tens 347</b></p> <p>Chapter 19: Ten Things You Can Do in R That You Would've Done in Microsoft Excel 349</p> <p>Chapter 20: Ten Tips on Working with Packages 359</p> <p><b>Appendix: Installing R and RStudio 365</b></p> <p><b>Index 371</b></p>

<p><b>Andrie de Vries</b> is a market research consultant specializing in surveys, statistical analysis, and strategy.</p> <p><b>Joris Meys</b> is a statistician and R programmer with the faculty of bio-engineering at the University of Ghent.</p>

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