Hi, I am starting a new job as a study analyst for a social science research unit. I would really like to use R as my main tool for data manipulation and analysis. So I'd like to ask you, if you had just one book on R to buy (or to keep), which one would it be ? I already bought the Handbook of Statistical Analysis Using R, but I'd like to have something more complete, both on the statistical point of view and on R usage. I thought that "Modern applied statistics with S-Plus" would be a good choice, but maybe some of you could have interesting suggestions ? Thanks in advance, -- Julien
Julien
This is quite a common question. Within R, try
RSiteSearch('one good book for R')
and follow the threads ......
Peter Alspach
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> Hi,
>
> I am starting a new job as a study analyst for a social
> science research unit. I would really like to use R as my
> main tool for data manipulation and analysis. So I'd like to
> ask you, if you had just one book on R to buy (or to keep),
> which one would it be ? I already bought the Handbook of
> Statistical Analysis Using R, but I'd like to have something
> more complete, both on the statistical point of view and on R usage.
>
> I thought that "Modern applied statistics with S-Plus" would
> be a good choice, but maybe some of you could have
> interesting suggestions ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Julien
>
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I have both handbook and MASS and think MASS is much better. But of course, it also depends on how you want to use R or your previous exposure to R. On 2/25/07, Julien Barnier <julien at no-log.org> wrote:> Hi, > > I am starting a new job as a study analyst for a social science > research unit. I would really like to use R as my main tool for data > manipulation and analysis. So I'd like to ask you, if you had just one > book on R to buy (or to keep), which one would it be ? I already > bought the Handbook of Statistical Analysis Using R, but I'd like to > have something more complete, both on the statistical point of view > and on R usage. > > I thought that "Modern applied statistics with S-Plus" would be a good > choice, but maybe some of you could have interesting suggestions ? > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Julien > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- WenSui Liu A lousy statistician who happens to know a little programming (http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog)
On 2/25/07, Julien Barnier <julien at no-log.org> wrote:> Hi, > > I am starting a new job as a study analyst for a social science > research unit. I would really like to use R as my main tool for data > manipulation and analysis. So I'd like to ask you, if you had just one > book on R to buy (or to keep), which one would it be ? I already > bought the Handbook of Statistical Analysis Using R, but I'd like to > have something more complete, both on the statistical point of view > and on R usage. > > I thought that "Modern applied statistics with S-Plus" would be a good > choice, but maybe some of you could have interesting suggestions ? >Dear Julien, I'd definitely go for MASS if you already have Handbook. MASS is an awesome book, but you did not tell us anything about your background (stats begginners, for instance, sometimes get lost in MASS, because that is not the target audience). In terms of books of this level, MASS is unique. (There are more specific books for certain topics, such as mixed models, etc; but for a wide coverage, I'd go with MASS). HTH, R.> Thanks in advance, > > -- > Julien > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Statistical Computing Team Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) http://ligarto.org/rdiaz