
I strongly recommend Michael Crawley's "The R Book". A bit expensive,  
but absolutely worth it. It is nearly 900 pages and covers everything  
from data structures to character string manipulation to stats. There  
may be better books out there, but I haven't seen them. As an aside,  
Crawley has a much shorter book which mainly focuses on basic  
statistics in R and which isn't nearly as useful as "the R book".

Unfortunately, all of the books of which I am aware are either  
references or emphasize statistics in R. I have not yet come across a  
good book on R programming that compares to the books available for  
most other languages (e.g., with student exercises etc tailored to  
the programming neophyte).

~Dan




On May 6, 2008, at 8:09 AM, Jeri Parrent wrote:

>  I have only used R a little  bit, and I am looking for a good,
> comprehensive
>    book on R, but one that is approachable for a novice like myself.
>    Any suggestions?
>    Thanks,
>    Jeri
>
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> Jeri Lynn Parrent
> Postdoctoral Fellow
> Department of Integrative Biology
> University of Guelph
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