R for SAS and SPSS Users

R is a powerful and free software system for data analysis and graphics, with over 1,200 add-on packages available. This book introduces R using SAS and SPSS terms. It demonstrates which of the add-on packages are most like SAS and SPSS and compares them to R's built-in functions.

List of contents

Introduction. The five main parts of SAS and SPSS.- Programming conventions.- Typographic conventions.- Installing & updating R.- Running R.- Help and documentation.- Programming language basics.- Data Acquisition.- Selecting Variables - Var, Variables.- Selecting observations - where, if select if, filter.- Selecting both variables and observations.- Converting data structures.- Data management.- Recoding variables. Value labels or formats (& measurement level).- Variable labels.- Generating data.- How R stores data.- Managing your files and workspace.- Graphics overview.- Traditional graphics.- The ggplot2 package.- Statistics.- Summary.- Conclusion.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Appendix C.- Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. Muenchen
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2008
• EAN: 9780387094175
• ISBN: 978-0-387-09417-5
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Statistics and Computing; Statistics and Computing
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology