Data Munging with R

Jonathan Carroll (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

375 Seiten

2018
Manning Publications (Verlag)
978-1-61729-459-4 (ISBN)

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Data Munging with R shows readers how to take raw data and transform it for use in computations, tables, graphs, and more. Whether they already have some programming experience or they're just a spreadsheet whiz looking for a more powerful data manipulation tool, this book will help programmers get started. Readers will discover the ins and outs of using the data-oriented R programming language and its many task-specific packages. By the end, readers will be master mungers, with a robust, reproducible workflow and the skills to use data to strengthen their conclusions! Key Features* Practical examples* Step-by-step guide* Introduction to R AudienceIf you have beginner programming skills or you're comfortable with writing spreadsheet formulas, you have everything you need to get the most out of this book. About the technologyR is a statistical programming language in that it was made for the purpose of performing statistics calculations, but it has grown to be so much more through community contributions. As a general purpose language, it is flexible enough to work with almost any data you can interact with; stored or streaming, images, text, or numbers.

Dr Jonathan Carroll holds a PhD from the University of Adelaide intheoretical astrophysics, currently working in statistical modelling. Hecontributes packages to R, is a frequent contributor of answers onStackOverflow and an avid science communicator.

Erscheinungsdatum	30.08.2017
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	10 g
Einbandart	kartoniert
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Datenbanken
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Computerprogramme / Computeralgebra
ISBN-10	1-61729-459-4 / 1617294594
ISBN-13	978-1-61729-459-4 / 9781617294594
Zustand	Neuware