Data manipulation With R
by Phil Spector · first published 2008
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…all the articles is a nice way to learn the packages and tricks of the language (some of the code on the R help mailing list is also extremely useful here). In terms of short, concise, wonderful books Data Manipulation with R is a favourite. Its only 150 pages, but it describes how to move your data from one form to another in the best and easiest ways. The SQL stuff and the regular expressions might already be known to the…
on “R programming for those coming from other languages” ↗Fair enough - I've had some good experience pointing new R users to R in a Nutshell - but maybe Data Manipulation with R is better. Haven't used it and will take a look. One invaluable resource I forgot to point out was: http://www.statmethods.net/ Very concise, directed pages that help you understand common/acceptable…
on “R programming for those coming from other languages” ↗