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Good Book for learning R

Alexander Shenkin 
I will second Dan's sentiment here: I haven't found a single source 
which comprehensively lays out the programming framework for R (though 
I've never seen The R Book).  I ended up learning (and still am 
learning) how to program R in a relatively piecemeal manner.  Some of 
the references which come with R will give you a nice, very basic intro 
with which you can get going (Venables & Smith's "An Introduction to R", 
in particular).  There's also the "R Reference Card" 
(http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Short-refcard.pdf) which is a 
nice companion as you're plugging away, though not too appropriate for 
first time learning.

My own suggestion would be to read through Venables & Smith, and then 
learn the rest as you go along, as you need it.

allie
Dan Rabosky wrote:

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