After a first chapter on installing the software and project setup, in the second chapter the authors shows how to write an essay using R Markdown, rewarding readers with an immediate tangible result, and taking the fear out of working with a new software. Student-friendly language and examples (e.g. binge-watched shows on Netflix, top 5 songs on Spotify), cumulative learning and repetition across chapters, and practice exercises make this a must-have guide for a variety of courses where data is used and reports need to be written (including, but not limited to intro statistics and research methods). Code and datasets used to carry out the examples in the book are available on an accompanying website.
Elizabeth Gohmert graduated from Texas A&M University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Cybersecurity-a year early. She then went on to graduate school at Southern Methodist University, from which she graduated with a Master of Science in Business Analytics in 2019. While she had previously helped to edit the book, Using R for Data Analysis in Social Sciences , this will be her first authored publication. Aside from her love of data science, she enjoys travelling, learning new languages, white water rafting, and the joy of finding great new rib places. She currently lives and works in Washington, D.C. as a data science consultant. Dr. Quan Li is Professor of Political Science and Cornerstone Faculty Fellow at Texas A&M University and a Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar in Spain during the 2019-2020 academic year. His research on economic globalization, democratic governance, political violence, and environmental degradation has appeared in various journals in international relations, international business, political science, and public policy. He coauthored Democracy and Economic Openness in an Interconnected System: Complex Transformations (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and Politics and Foreign Direct Investment (University of Michigan Press, 2012). He is also the author of Using R for Data Analysis in Social Sciences: A Research Project-Oriented Approach (Oxford University Press, 2018). Dr. Li has served on the editorial boards of American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, and International Interactions. He is the co-recipient of the 2003 Best Article on Democratization Award from the American Political Science Association. Douglas Wise is a Solution Engineer at a Silicon Valley based technology company where he specializes in helping organizations transform their digital customer experiences. Douglas previously served as an intelligence analyst in the United States Air Force. Douglas was also a member of the Air Force Honor Guard and is an Afghanistan war veteran. Douglas received his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Texas A&M University and currently resides in Santa Clara, California with his family.
Title: Easy R: Access, Prepare, Visualize, Explore Data, and Write Papers
Author: Wise, Douglas R.,Li, Quan L.,Gohmert, Elizabeth A.
ISBN: 9781544379418
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Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Publication Date: 2020-05-01
Number of Pages: 192
Weight: 0.3301 kg