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# **The Book of R**

This book, "The Book of R" by Tilman M. Davies, provides a comprehensive first course in programming and statistics using the R language. It covers foundational R concepts, programming techniques, essential statistical theory including probability, distributions, hypothesis testing, and various regression models, alongside extensive topics on data visualization ranging from basic plotting to advanced and interactive 3D graphics.

This page is free — overview and chapter list only.
Full book: $2.99 USDC · Per chapter: $0.25 USDC
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## Chapters

1. [The Book Of R](/library/thebookofr/01-the-book-of-r/) (Free teaser)
1. [Introduct Ion](/library/thebookofr/02-introduct-ion/) ($0.25)
1. [Numer Ics Ar Ithmet Ic Ass Ignment And Vectors](/library/thebookofr/03-numer-ics-ar-ithmet-ic-ass-ignment-and-vectors/) ($0.25)
1. [Matr Ices And Arrays](/library/thebookofr/04-matr-ices-and-arrays/) ($0.25)
1. [Non Numer Ic Values](/library/thebookofr/05-non-numer-ic-values/) ($0.25)
1. [L Ists And Data Frames](/library/thebookofr/06-l-ists-and-data-frames/) ($0.25)
1. [Spec Ial Values Classes And Coerc Ion](/library/thebookofr/07-spec-ial-values-classes-and-coerc-ion/) ($0.25)
1. [Bas Ic Plott Ing](/library/thebookofr/08-bas-ic-plott-ing/) ($0.25)
1. [Read Ing And Wr It Ing F Iles](/library/thebookofr/09-read-ing-and-wr-it-ing-f-iles/) ($0.25)
1. [Call Ing Funct Ions](/library/thebookofr/10-call-ing-funct-ions/) ($0.25)
1. [Cond It Ions And Loops](/library/thebookofr/11-cond-it-ions-and-loops/) ($0.25)
1. [103 Other Control Flow Mechanisms](/library/thebookofr/12-103-other-control-flow-mechanisms/) ($0.25)
1. [Wr It Ing Funct Ions](/library/thebookofr/13-wr-it-ing-funct-ions/) ($0.25)
1. [111 The Function Command](/library/thebookofr/14-111-the-function-command/) ($0.25)
1. [112 Arguments](/library/thebookofr/15-112-arguments/) ($0.25)
1. [113 Specialized Functions](/library/thebookofr/16-113-specialized-functions/) ($0.25)
1. [Except Ions T Im Ings And V Is Ib Il Ity](/library/thebookofr/17-except-ions-t-im-ings-and-v-is-ib-il-ity/) ($0.25)
1. [121 Exception Handling](/library/thebookofr/18-121-exception-handling/) ($0.25)
1. [Bas Ic Data V Isual Izat Ion](/library/thebookofr/19-bas-ic-data-v-isual-izat-ion/) ($0.25)
1. [Probab Il Ity](/library/thebookofr/20-probab-il-ity/) ($0.25)
1. [Common Probab Il Ity D Istr Ibut Ions](/library/thebookofr/21-common-probab-il-ity-d-istr-ibut-ions/) ($0.25)
1. [Sampl Ing D Istr Ibut Ions And Conf Idence](/library/thebookofr/22-sampl-ing-d-istr-ibut-ions-and-conf-idence/) ($0.25)
1. [Hypothes Is Test Ing](/library/thebookofr/23-hypothes-is-test-ing/) ($0.25)
1. [Testing Categorical Variables](/library/thebookofr/24-testing-categorical-variables/) ($0.25)
1. [Analys Is Of Var Iance](/library/thebookofr/25-analys-is-of-var-iance/) ($0.25)
1. [S Imple L Inear Regress Ion](/library/thebookofr/26-s-imple-l-inear-regress-ion/) ($0.25)
1. [Mult Iple L Inear Regress Ion](/library/thebookofr/27-mult-iple-l-inear-regress-ion/) ($0.25)
1. [L Inear Model Select Ion And D Iagnost Ics](/library/thebookofr/28-l-inear-model-select-ion-and-d-iagnost-ics/) ($0.25)
1. [Advanced Plot Custom Izat Ion](/library/thebookofr/29-advanced-plot-custom-izat-ion/) ($0.25)
1. [Go Ing Further W Ith The Grammar Of Graph Ics](/library/thebookofr/30-go-ing-further-w-ith-the-grammar-of-graph-ics/) ($0.25)
1. [Def In Ing Colors And Plott Ing In H Igher D Imens Ions](/library/thebookofr/31-def-in-ing-colors-and-plott-ing-in-h-igher-d-imens-ions/) ($0.25)
1. [252 3D Scatterplots](/library/thebookofr/32-252-3d-scatterplots/) ($0.25)
1. [253 Preparing A Surface For Plotting](/library/thebookofr/33-253-preparing-a-surface-for-plotting/) ($0.25)
1. [254 Contour Plots](/library/thebookofr/34-254-contour-plots/) ($0.25)
1. [255 Pixel Images](/library/thebookofr/35-255-pixel-images/) ($0.25)
1. [256 Perspective Plots](/library/thebookofr/36-256-perspective-plots/) ($0.25)
1. [Interact Ive 3D Plots](/library/thebookofr/37-interact-ive-3d-plots/) ($0.25)
1. [Install Ing R And Contr Ibuted Packages](/library/thebookofr/38-install-ing-r-and-contr-ibuted-packages/) ($0.25)
1. [Work Ing W Ith Rstud Io](/library/thebookofr/39-work-ing-w-ith-rstud-io/) ($0.25)
1. [Reference L Ist](/library/thebookofr/40-reference-l-ist/) ($0.25)
1. [A Complete Introduction To R And Data Analysis](/library/thebookofr/41-a-complete-introduction-to-r-and-data-analysis/) ($0.25)