[R] If you had just one book on R to buy...

[Wensui Liu]

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
>
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WenSui Liu
A lousy statistician who happens to know a little programming
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