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<p>In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, <i>Sams Teach Yourself R in 24 Hours</i> helps you learn all the R skills you need to solve a wide spectrum of real-world data analysis problems. You’ll master the entire data analysis workflow, learning to build code that’s efficient, reproducible, and suitable for sharing with others.</p> <p><br>This book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach teaches you how to import, manipulate, summarize, model, and plot data with R; formalize your analytical code; and build powerful R packages using current best practices.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Practical, hands-on examples</b> show you how to apply what you learn.<br><b>Quizzes and exercises</b> help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills.</p> <p> </p> <b> </b> <p><b>Learn How To</b></p> <ul> <li> Install, configure, and explore the R environment, including RStudio </li> <li> Use basic R syntax, objects, and packages </li> <li> Create and manage data structures, including vectors, matrices, and arrays </li> <li> Understand lists and data frames </li> <li> Work with dates, times, and factors </li> <li> Use common R functions, and learn to write your own </li> <li> Import and export data and connect to databases and spreadsheets </li> <li> Use the popular tidyr, dplyr and data.table packages </li> <li> Write more efficient R code with profiling, vectorization, and initialization </li> <li> Plot data and extend your graphical capabilities with ggplot2 and Lattice graphics </li> <li> Develop common types of models </li> <li> Construct high-quality packages, both simple and complex </li> <li> Write R classes: S3, S4, and Reference Classes </li> <li> Use R to generate dynamic reports </li> <li> Build web applications with Shiny </li> </ul> <p>Register your book at informit.com/register for convenient access to updates and corrections as they become available.</p> <p> </p> <p>This book’s source code can be found at http://www.mango-solutions.com/wp/teach-yourself-r-in-24-hours-book/