Uncovering the Strategist's Data Analysis Tool
What are the benefits of using R?
What topics are covered in this book?
Time for action - downloading and installing R
Time for action - issuing your first R command
Time for action - setting your R working directory
Exploring the Mysterious Data Analysis Tool
Deciphering Zhuge Liang's magic square
Time for action - solving the first 4x4 magic square
Collecting and Organizing Information
Time for action - importing external data
Time for action - creating and calling variables
Time for action - accessing data within variables
Time for action - manipulating variable data
Time for action - managing the R workspace
Time for action - making an initial inference from our data
Time for action - creating a subset from a large dataset
Time for action - deriving summary statistics
Time for action - quantifying categorical variables
Time for action - correlating variables
Time for action - modelling with simple linear regression
Time for action - modelling with multiple linear regression
Time for action - modelling interactions
Time for action - comparing and choosing models
Predicting outcomes using regression models
Time for action - calculating outcomes from regression models
Time for action - creating custom functions
Time for action - creating resource-focused custom functions
Time for action - incorporating resource constraints into predictions
Time for action - assessing the viability of potential strategies
Retracing and refining a complete analysis
Time for action - data exploration
Time for action - model development
Time for action - model deployment
The common steps to all R analyses
Charts, graphs, and plots in R
Time for action - creating a bar chart
Time for action - customizing graphics
Time for action - creating a scatterplot
Time for action - creating a line chart
Time for action - creating a box plot
Time for action - creating a histogram
Time for action - creating a pie chart
Time for action - exporting graphics
More charts, graphs, and plots in R
Time for action - customizing a bar chart
Time for action - customizing a scatterplot
Time for action - customizing a line chart
Time for action - customizing a box plot
Time for action - customizing a histogram
Time for action - customizing a pie chart
Time for action - building a graphic
Time for action - building a graphic with multiple visuals
Time for action - using R's help function