Robert A. Muenchen is the manager of the Statistical Consulting Center at the University of Tennessee and has 28 years of experience as a consulting statistician. He has served on the advisory boards of SPSS Inc. and the Statistical Graphics Corporation.

• Introduction.- Installing and Updating R.- Running R.- Help and Documentation.- Programming Language Basics.- Data Acquisition.- Selecting Variables.- Selecting Observations.- Selecting Variables and Observations.- Data Management.- Enhancing Your Output.- Generating Data.- Managing Your Files and Workspace.- Graphics Overview.- Traditional Graphics- Graphics with ggplot2.- Statistics.- Conclusion.

From the reviews of the second edition:“This is a greatly expanded second edition of a text that has already proved widely popular. The explanation is careful and detailed. It uses SAS and SPSS terminology, matching it with R terminology … . A glossary translates R terminology into terminology that is likely to be more familiar to SAS and SPSS users. … a wide-ranging and carefully compiled source of information on R. It is a strongly recommended addition to the library of anyone who comes to R from SAS or SPSS.” (John H. Maindonald, International Statistical Review, Vol. 80 (1), 2012)

Robert A. Muenchen is the manager of the Statistical Consulting Center at the University of Tennessee and has 28 years of experience as a consulting statistician. He has served on the advisory boards of SPSS Inc. and the Statistical Graphics Corporation.

• Introduction.- Installing and Updating R.- Running R.- Help and Documentation.- Programming Language Basics.- Data Acquisition.- Selecting Variables.- Selecting Observations.- Selecting Variables and Observations.- Data Management.- Enhancing Your Output.- Generating Data.- Managing Your Files and Workspace.- Graphics Overview.- Traditional Graphics- Graphics with ggplot2.- Statistics.- Conclusion.

From the reviews of the second edition:“This is a greatly expanded second edition of a text that has already proved widely popular. The explanation is careful and detailed. It uses SAS and SPSS terminology, matching it with R terminology … . A glossary translates R terminology into terminology that is likely to be more familiar to SAS and SPSS users. … a wide-ranging and carefully compiled source of information on R. It is a strongly recommended addition to the library of anyone who comes to R from SAS or SPSS.” (John H. Maindonald, International Statistical Review, Vol. 80 (1), 2012)

Robert A. Muenchen is the manager of the Statistical Consulting Center at the University of Tennessee and has 28 years of experience as a consulting statistician. He has served on the advisory boards of SPSS Inc. and the Statistical Graphics Corporation.

• Introduction.- Installing and Updating R.- Running R.- Help and Documentation.- Programming Language Basics.- Data Acquisition.- Selecting Variables.- Selecting Observations.- Selecting Variables and Observations.- Data Management.- Enhancing Your Output.- Generating Data.- Managing Your Files and Workspace.- Graphics Overview.- Traditional Graphics- Graphics with ggplot2.- Statistics.- Conclusion.

From the reviews of the second edition:“This is a greatly expanded second edition of a text that has already proved widely popular. The explanation is careful and detailed. It uses SAS and SPSS terminology, matching it with R terminology … . A glossary translates R terminology into terminology that is likely to be more familiar to SAS and SPSS users. … a wide-ranging and carefully compiled source of information on R. It is a strongly recommended addition to the library of anyone who comes to R from SAS or SPSS.” (John H. Maindonald, International Statistical Review, Vol. 80 (1), 2012)