Section 20 R Help

20.1 Function Help

  • Getting help with R: https://www.r-project.org/help.html

  • help(function_name)

  • ?function_name

  • ?mean

  • apropos('^mean')

  • browseVignettes(), vignette(), demo()

  • RSiteSearch('function_name')

20.2 Library and Help

  • library()

  • sessionInfo()

  • install.packages('foreign')

  • library('foreign)

  • library(help='foreign)

20.3 General Help

20.4 Books & Manuals

  • An Introduction to R: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-intro.html

  • Contributed Documentation: https://cran.r-project.org/other-docs.html

  • Verzani, J. simpleR: Using R for Introductory Statistics.

  • Dalgaard, P. Introductory Statistics with R.

  • Crawley, M.J. Statistics : An Introduction using R.

  • Crawley M.J. The R Book.

  • Lemon, J. Kickstarting R.

  • Maindonald, J. H. Data Analysis and Graphics using R : An Example-based Approach.

  • Vries, A de & Meys, J. R Programming for Dummies.

  • Peng, R.D. R Programming for Data Science

  • Venables, W.N. & Smith, D.M. An Introduction to R.

  • And many moreā€¦