Hi Dagfinn,

I suggest:   Rob Kabacoff. R in Action. Manning, 2010.

Best,

Manuel

2012/3/15 Dagfinn Rime <dagfinn.rime@gmail.com>

> Dear all,
>
> I'm new to R and need to learn how to program R, and would appreciate
> suggestions for e.g. two books in order to get going.
>
> What type of books? Well, if I were to suggest books for a newcomer to
> LaTeX I would say that "all" you need is Lamport's book and "The LaTeX
> Companion" (2nd ed). Is there something similar for R? A not-too long
> introductory book and one more comprehensive "reference"-like book?
>
> My level?
> * Statistics? I have a PhD in finance and know "applied
> statistics/econometrics"
> * Programming? I currently do all my analysis via programming
> ("scripting") in SAS or Eviews.
>
> The R-project page mention 115 books? I made notice of the following:
> 1. Paul Teetor. R Cookbook. O'Reilly, first edition, 2011
> 2. Rob Kabacoff. R in Action. Manning, 2010.
> 3. David Ruppert. Statistics and Data Analysis for Financial
> Engineering. Use R! Springer, 2010
> 4. Alain F. Zuur, Elena N. Ieno, and Erik Meesters. A Beginner's Guide
> to R. Use R. Springer, 2009
>
> >From Amazon the following caught my attention:
> 1. R in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))
> 2. The R Book by Michael J. Crawley
>
> I have probably missed some (many), and there are probably lots of
> different views. But I would appreciate any guidance and views.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dagfinn Rime
> Research department, Norges Bank
> www.norges-bank.no/research/rime/
>
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