Guidebook to R Graphics Using Microsoft Windows (Paperback)

Introduces the graphical capabilities of R to readers new to the software

Due to its flexibility and availability, R has become the computing software of choice for statistical computing and generating graphics across various fields of research. Guidebook to R Graphics Using Microsoft® Windows offers a unique presentation of R, guiding new users through its many benefits, including the creation of high-quality graphics.

Beginning with getting the program up and running, this book takes readers step by step through the process of creating histograms, boxplots, strip charts, time series graphs, steam-and-leaf displays, scatterplot matrices, and map graphs. In addition, the book presents:

• Tips for establishing, saving, and printing graphs along with essential base-package plotting functions

• Interactive R programs for carrying out common tasks such as inputting values, moving data on a natural spline, adjusting three-dimensional graphs, and understanding simple and local linear regression

• Various external packages for R that help to create more complex graphics like rimage, gplots, ggplot2, tripack, rworldmap, and plotrix packages

Throughout the book, concise explanations of key concepts of R graphics assist readers in carrying out the presented procedures, and any coverage of functions is clearly written out and displayed in the text as demos. The discussed techniques are accompanied by a wealth of screenshots and graphics with related R code available on the book's FTP site, and numerous exercises allow readers to test their understanding of the presented material.

Guidebook to R Graphics Using Microsoft® Windows is a valuable resource for researchers in the fields of statistics, public health, business, and the life and social sciences who use or would like to learn how to use R to create visual representations of data. The book can also be used as a supplement for courses on statistical analysis at the upper-undergraduate level.

介紹了R軟體的圖形能力，適合初次接觸該軟體的讀者。

由於其靈活性和可用性，R已成為統計計算和生成圖形的首選軟體，被廣泛應用於各個研究領域。《Guidebook to R Graphics Using Microsoft® Windows》以獨特的方式介紹了R，引導新用戶了解其許多優點，包括創建高質量圖形。

從安裝程式開始，本書逐步引導讀者創建直方圖、箱形圖、條帶圖、時間序列圖、蒸汽葉圖、散點圖矩陣和地圖圖形。此外，本書還介紹了以下內容：

- 建立、保存和列印圖形的技巧，以及基本套件的繪圖函數
- 用於執行常見任務的互動式R程式，例如輸入值、在自然樣條上移動數據、調整三維圖形以及理解簡單和局部線性回歸
- 用於創建更複雜圖形的各種外部套件，如rimage、gplots、ggplot2、tripack、rworldmap和plotrix套件

全書簡潔地解釋了R圖形的關鍵概念，幫助讀者進行所介紹的程序，並且所有函數的相關內容都清晰地以示範方式呈現在文本中。書中還附有大量的屏幕截圖和圖形，相關的R代碼可在書的FTP網站上獲得，並且有許多練習題供讀者測試對所介紹材料的理解。

《Guidebook to R Graphics Using Microsoft® Windows》對於統計、公共衛生、商業以及生命和社會科學領域的研究人員來說是一個寶貴的資源，他們使用或希望學習如何使用R來創建數據的視覺化表示。本書也可作為高年級本科統計分析課程的補充教材。