The book\u00a0R for Dummies\u00a0was released recently, and was\u00a0just reviewed\u00a0by Dirk Eddelbuettel in the\u00a0Journal of Statistical Software.<\/p>\n
Dirk is an R luminary, creating such fantastic works as Rcpp. R for Dummies seems to have beaten\u00a0Dirk’s natural disinclination to like anything with “for Dummies” appended to it, receiving a pretty\u00a0positive review. Here is the last bit:<\/p>\n
“R for Dummies may well break new ground, and introduce R to new audiences. The\u00a0pricing is aggressive and should help the book to find its way into the hands of a\u00a0large number of students, data analysis practitioners as well as researchers. They\u00a0will find a well-written and easy-to-read introduction to the language and\u00a0environment – if they can overcome any initial bias against a Dummies title as this\u00a0reviewer did.”<\/p>\n
I haven’t had a chance to read the text, but I have worked (albeit briefly) with Andie de Vries who\u00a0is one of the authors. He is the author of several R packages up on CRAN, is a regular contributor\u00a0to the R tag on Stack Overflow, and has a nuanced understanding of the language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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