With more than 200 practical recipes this book helps you perform data analysis with R quickly & efficiently The R language provides everything you need to do statistical work but its structure can be difficult to master This collection of concise task-oriented recipes makes you productive with R immediately with solutions ranging from basic tasks to input & output general statistics graphics & linear regression Each recipe addresses a specific problem with a discussion that explains the solution & offers insight into how it works If you're a beginner R Cookbook will help get you started If you're an experienced data programmer it will jog your memory & expand your horizons You'll get the job done faster & learn more about R in the process Create vectors handle variables & perform other basic functions Input & output data Tackle data structures such as matrices lists factors & data frames Work with probability probability distributions & random variables Calculate statistics & confidence intervals & perform statistical tests Create a variety of graphic displays Build statistical models with linear regressions & analysis of variance (ANOVA) Explore advanced statistical techniques such as finding clusters in your data Wonderfully readable R Cookbook serves not only as a solutions manual of sorts but as a truly enjoyable way to explore the R language-one practical example at a time -Jeffrey Ryan software consultant & R package author