basics in R

In this summary, I will explain the very basics of R [RCoreTeam, 2014], step by step. The software and additional packages are deposited here.

Index

0. Scripts and work-arounds
1. Preparing data for R
2. Loading the data in R
3. Basic commands in R
   1. Mathematical operations
   2. Calling data
   3. Formatting the data
   4. Writing tables to files
4. Plotting data
5. Statistical analysis

Reference

R Core Team (2014). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria.

Useful links

• nice R manual (http://www.statmethods.net/index.html)
• R manual (https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/graphics/html/plot.html)
• nice graphs manual for R (http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/r/)
• very helpful forum (https://stackoverflow.com/)