Practice R : An Interactive Textbook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Treischl, Edgar J.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/München/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.

Summary:

Many students learn to analyze data using commercial packages, even though there is an open-source software with cutting-edge possibilities: R, a programming language with countless cool features for applied empirical research. Practice R introduces R to social science students, inspiring them to consider R as an excellent choice. In a non-technical pragmatic way, this book covers all typical steps of applied empirical research. Learn how to prepare, analyze, and visualize data in R. Discover how to collect data, generate reports, or automate error-prone tasks. The book is accompanied by an R package. This provides further learning materials that include interactive tutorials, challenging you with typical problems of applied research. This way, you can immediately practice the knowledge you have learned. The package also includes the source code of each chapter and templates that help to create reports. Practice R has social science students in mind, nonetheless a broader audience may use Practice R to become a proficient R user.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of figures

Part I: The first steps

1 Introduction

2 First steps in R

3 Data exploration

4 Data manipulation

Part II: The basics

5 Prepare data

6 Analyze data

7 Visualize research findings

8 Communicate research findings

Part III: Beyond the basics

9 GitHub

10 Automate work

11 Collect data

12 Next steps

Session info

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Treischl, Edgar J. Practice R

ISBN:

9783110704976

OCLC:

1376934268