The R Book
by Michael J. Crawley
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Manufacturer: WileyBlackwell
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 519.502855133
EAN: 9780470510247
ISBN: 0470510242
Label: WileyBlackwell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 950
Publication Date: 2007-04-20
Publisher: WileyBlackwell
Studio: WileyBlackwell
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Summary: Great reference but does not have a clear objective
Comment: I have used Crawley's other book as a text for teaching R and I like it for introducing statistics methods and giving the R examples of how to use the different techniques. This book is very much of the same style. So I agree with the other reviewers that it is a very extensive and comprehensive guide to R and it is a perfect desk reference.
But if it aims to either be a guide to programming or a guide to statistical methods then it fails in both aims. As a programming guide it is not laid out by methods and as a guide to statistics there is no consistent thread through the text.
For me the chapter on Simulation Models is a perfect example of where it fails. You have cookbook like examples for a few simulations but these are not easily adapted to your own problems so they are not a guide to programming, and they are very different types of simulations so they do not teach simulation.
There is also a lack of pointers to other resources and further reading - the bibliography is largely detached from the text and it would be a simple and useful step to improve the cross-referencing by including relevant references at the end of chapters rather than only at the end of the book.
So I will keep y copy close at hand to look for examples and methods but it is not something that I would recommend for everyday use.
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Summary: good summary of R functions
Comment: The book is a good reference book for R users with some background in statistics. However, it is a bit lengthy by trying also to explain statistics, which it fails because it is not possible to cover a compex topic in a few pages. I am a bit concerned that people will use now R without really understanding what they are doing.
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Summary: Brilliant. This is it
Comment: Everything you wanted to know about R. Plus loads of things you didn't know you wanted to know, but are glad to know now you know.
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