Briefings in Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on March 11, 2008
Briefings in Bioinformatics 2008 9(3):258-259; doi:10.1093/bib/bbn012
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Data Analysis and Graphics Using R: An Example-Based Approach, Second Edition.
John Maindonald and John Braun
Data Analysis and Graphics Using R: An Example-Based Approach, Second Edition.
John Maindonald and John Braun
Cambridge University Press;
ISBN 978-0-521-86116-8;
502pp.; 2007; $80.00.
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A volume in the Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics, Data Analysis and Graphics Using R is presented as a gentle tour guide for new R users, aiming to help them navigate through many powerful tools that the open source R system offers. As the authors point out in the Preface, the book is aimed at scientists who wish to do statistical analysis on their own. Every effort has been made to ensure the book is useful for practical data analysis. This book is particularly useful for researchers in the life science realm who
Center for Statistical Genetics
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