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Summary R in Action, Second Edition presents both the R language and the examples that make it so useful for business developers. Focusing on practical solutions, the book offers a crash course in statistics and covers elegant methods for dealing with messy and incomplete data that are difficult to analyze using traditional methods. Youll also master Rs extensive graphical capabilities for exploring and presenting data visually. And this expanded second edition includes new chapters on time series analysis, cluster analysis, and classification methodologies, including decision trees, random forests, and support vector machines. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the TechnologyBusiness pros and researchers thrive on data, and R speaks the language of data analysis.



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Robert Kabacoff

Rob Kabacoff is Vice President of Research for MRG, a global organizational development firm based in Portland Maine and Dublin Ireland. He has more than 20 years of experience providing research and statistical consultation to government, academia, and private industry. Prior to joining MRG, Dr. Kabacoff was a professor of psychology at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, where he taught graduate courses in clinical psychology, quantitative methods and statistical programming. He lives in Portland, Maine with his wife Carol Lynn and golden retriever Ella.



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