The R Student Companion Contributor(s): Dennis, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138469351 ISBN-13: 9781138469358 Publisher: CRC Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Mathematical & Statistical Software - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General - Computers | Programming - Open Source |
Dewey: 519.502 |
Physical Information: 360 pages |
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Publisher Description: R is the amazing, free, open-access software package for scientific graphs and calculations used by scientists worldwide. The R Student Companion is a student-oriented manual describing how to use R in high school and college science and mathematics courses. Written for beginners in scientific computation, the book assumes the reader has just some high school algebra and has no computer programming background. The author presents applications drawn from all sciences and social sciences and includes the most often used features of R in an appendix. In addition, each chapter provides a set of computational challenges: exercises in R calculations that are designed to be performed alone or in groups. Several of the chapters explore algebra concepts that are highly useful in scientific applications, such as quadratic equations, systems of linear equations, trigonometric functions, and exponential functions. Each chapter provides an instructional review of the algebra concept, followed by a hands-on guide to performing calculations and graphing in R. R is intuitive, even fun. Fantastic, publication-quality graphs of data, equations, or both can be produced with little effort. By integrating mathematical computation and scientific illustration early in a student's development, R use can enhance one's understanding of even the most difficult scientific concepts. While R has gained a strong reputation as a package for statistical analysis, The R Student Companion approaches R more completely as a comprehensive tool for scientific computing and graphing. |
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