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# The Book of R: A First Course in Programming and Statistics

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desertcart.com: The Book of R: A First Course in Programming and Statistics: 9781593276515: Davies, Tilman M.: Books

Review: I LOVE this book!!! - I almost never write desertcart reviews, but feel compelled to in the case of this gem of a textbook. Quick about me: -solid general computer skills (e.g. Excel), but NO programming background -took statistics in high school, barely passed calculus in college -was inspired to learn R after seeing a colleague use it for data analysis -have been disappointed by R texts that I've encountered thus far, finding them either too advanced or poorly organized/written Why I am giving this book 5 stars: -it is structured very logically, starting with the basics of the language before moving onto programming, statistics, and more advanced concepts -it is accessible to a wide audience, yet goes into the necessary level of detail -it is well written, in an easy, clear voice -an appropriate balance of text vs code examples and graphics -it has effective exercises at logical points to ensure the reader not only understands, but can execute the concepts learned -it is aesthetically very nice -- the spine doesn't crack, the book doesn't warp over time, the font and text size are very readable As a sidenote, I ordered R for Dummies as well. I didn't give it an especially thorough glance, but quickly flipped through it and decided to return it because I knew on first glance that The Book of R was far superior.
Review: excellent for all levels - I've got a very good stats background from grad school and a long tech industry career in research. I've used SPSS for decades and made heavy use of SPSS syntax, so I delayed moving to R because I could do so much in SPSS so easily. But with some down time and having never gotten over the hump with online tutorials--including datacamp--I bought this book to work through R skills ground up. What a great decision. I can't recommend this book highly enough. I was transfixed with working through each example in the text and each practical exercise at the section breaks despite it being 400+ pages before I encountered a statistical concept/explanation I wasn't already very familiar with. I was re-learning, re-thinking, refreshing the way I go about working with data. And I was wishing I had done this a long time ago. Take your time, do it right, learn as you go, take notes for yourself on the side, save code snippets for future-you to leverage in your work, and enjoy the learning. I worked through this as I would a textbook despite being long out of school. I suppose it might make a good reference without doing that, but it will be a much better reference/reminder for me now that I have thoroughly internalized the way of working with R it provided me.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I LOVE this book!!!
*by W***N on August 5, 2016*

I almost never write Amazon reviews, but feel compelled to in the case of this gem of a textbook. Quick about me: -solid general computer skills (e.g. Excel), but NO programming background -took statistics in high school, barely passed calculus in college -was inspired to learn R after seeing a colleague use it for data analysis -have been disappointed by R texts that I've encountered thus far, finding them either too advanced or poorly organized/written Why I am giving this book 5 stars: -it is structured very logically, starting with the basics of the language before moving onto programming, statistics, and more advanced concepts -it is accessible to a wide audience, yet goes into the necessary level of detail -it is well written, in an easy, clear voice -an appropriate balance of text vs code examples and graphics -it has effective exercises at logical points to ensure the reader not only understands, but can execute the concepts learned -it is aesthetically very nice -- the spine doesn't crack, the book doesn't warp over time, the font and text size are very readable As a sidenote, I ordered R for Dummies as well. I didn't give it an especially thorough glance, but quickly flipped through it and decided to return it because I knew on first glance that The Book of R was far superior.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ excellent for all levels
*by F***T on August 2, 2023*

I've got a very good stats background from grad school and a long tech industry career in research. I've used SPSS for decades and made heavy use of SPSS syntax, so I delayed moving to R because I could do so much in SPSS so easily. But with some down time and having never gotten over the hump with online tutorials--including datacamp--I bought this book to work through R skills ground up. What a great decision. I can't recommend this book highly enough. I was transfixed with working through each example in the text and each practical exercise at the section breaks despite it being 400+ pages before I encountered a statistical concept/explanation I wasn't already very familiar with. I was re-learning, re-thinking, refreshing the way I go about working with data. And I was wishing I had done this a long time ago. Take your time, do it right, learn as you go, take notes for yourself on the side, save code snippets for future-you to leverage in your work, and enjoy the learning. I worked through this as I would a textbook despite being long out of school. I suppose it might make a good reference without doing that, but it will be a much better reference/reminder for me now that I have thoroughly internalized the way of working with R it provided me.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect starter...
*by L***A on January 14, 2026*

Was great help as I am trying to self teach myself R.

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