Handbook of statistics : computational statistics with R /

R is open source statistical computing software. Since the R core group was formed in 1997, R has been extended by a very large number of packages with extensive documentation along with examples freely available on the internet. It offers a large number of statistical and numerical methods and grap...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Rao, Marepalli B. (Editor), Rao, C. R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2014.
Series:Handbook of statistics (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; v. 32.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:R is open source statistical computing software. Since the R core group was formed in 1997, R has been extended by a very large number of packages with extensive documentation along with examples freely available on the internet. It offers a large number of statistical and numerical methods and graphical tools and visualization of extraordinarily high quality. R was recently ranked in 14th place by the Transparent Language Popularity Index and 6th as a scripting language, after PHP, Python, and Perl. The book is designed so that it can be used right away by novices while appealing to experi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780444634412
044463441X