The R Inferno

The R Inferno

A book about trouble spots, oddities, traps, glitches in R. If you are using R and you think you’re in hell, this is a map for you.

Tag(s): R

Publication date: 12 Jan 2012

ISBN-10: 1471046524

ISBN-13: 9781471046520

Paperback: 154 pages

Views: 9,917

Type: Book

Publisher: Lulu.com

License: n/a

Post time: 14 Dec 2016 01:00:00

The R Inferno

The R Inferno A book about trouble spots, oddities, traps, glitches in R. If you are using R and you think you’re in hell, this is a map for you.
Tag(s): R
Publication date: 12 Jan 2012
ISBN-10: 1471046524
ISBN-13: 9781471046520
Paperback: 154 pages
Views: 9,917
Document Type: Book
Publisher: Lulu.com
License: n/a
Post time: 14 Dec 2016 01:00:00
From the Book Description:
Patrick Burns wrote:An essential guide to the trouble spots and oddities of R. In spite of the quirks exposed here, R is the best computing environment for most data analysis tasks. R is free, open-source, and has thousands of contributed packages. It is used in such diverse fields as ecology, finance, genomics and music. If you are using spreadsheets to understand data, switch to R. You will have safer -- and ultimately, more convenient -- computations.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Falling into the Floating Point Trap
Chapter 2: Growing Objects
Chapter 3: Failing to Vectorize
Chapter 4: Over-Vectorizing
Chapter 5: Not Writing Functions
Chapter 6: Doing Global Assignments
Chapter 7: Tripping on Object Orientation
Chapter 8: Believing It Does as Intended
Chapter 9: Unhelpfully Seeking Help

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A well-known name in the R community and owner of Burns Statistics which provides software including a portfolio construction suite, consulting services, and training courses.

Patrick Burns

A well-known name in the R community and owner of Burns Statistics which provides software including a portfolio construction suite, consulting services, and training courses.


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