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R Programming By Example

You're reading from R Programming By Example Practical, hands-on projects to help you get started with R

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788292542

Length 470 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

R

Concepts

Programming Language

Authors (2):

Trejo Navarro

Omar Trejo Navarro

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

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Preface

1. Introduction to R FREE CHAPTER

2. Understanding Votes with Descriptive Statistics

3. Predicting Votes with Linear Models

4. Simulating Sales Data and Working with Databases

5. Communicating Sales with Visualizations

6. Understanding Reviews with Text Analysis

7. Developing Automatic Presentations

8. Object-Oriented System to Track Cryptocurrencies

9. Implementing an Efficient Simple Moving Average

10. Adding Interactivity with Dashboards

11. Required Packages

Required packages

The only package required for this chapter is RMySQL. However, to be able to fully replicate the code shown towards the end of the chapter, you will need a working installation of the MySQL database (https://www.mysql.com/). Specific instructions for Linux and Mac can be found in Appendix, Required Packages.

Package	Reason
`RMySQL`	Interface to MySQL database

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Authors (2)

Trejo Navarro

Trejo Navarro

Omar Trejo Navarro is a data consultant. He co-founded Datata, is actively working on CVEST, and maintains a personal website (otrenav.com). He is an applied mathematics and economics double major from ITAM in Mexico City, where he continues to work as a research assistant. He does software development with a focus on data platforms, data science, and web applications. He has worked with clients from all over the world, and is a keen supporter of open source, open data, and open science in general.

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Omar Trejo Navarro

Omar Trejo Navarro

Omar Trejo Navarro is a data consultant. He co-founded Datata, is actively working on CVEST, and maintains a personal website (otrenav.com). He is an applied mathematics and economics double major from ITAM in Mexico City, where he continues to work as a research assistant. He does software development with a focus on data platforms, data science, and web applications. He has worked with clients from all over the world, and is a keen supporter of open source, open data, and open science in general.

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