Using the R Commander. A Point-and-Click Interface for R

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 6
Copyright Page......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
 1.1 What Are R and the R Commander?......Page 16
 1.2 A Brief History of R and the R Commander......Page 17
 1.3 Chapter Synopses......Page 19
 1.4 What's Next?......Page 20
 1.6 Typographical Conventions......Page 21
 2.1 Acquiring and Installing R and the R Commander......Page 24
 2.2 Installing R and the R Commander under Microsoft Windows......Page 25
  2.2.1 Troubleshooting......Page 26
  2.3.1 Installing X11 (XQuartz) for Mac OS X......Page 28
  2.3.4 Troubleshooting......Page 30
 2.4 Installing R and the R Commander on Linux and Unix Computers......Page 31
 2.5 Installing Optional Auxiliary Software: Pandoc and LATEX......Page 32
 3.1 Starting the R Commander......Page 34
 3.2 The R Commander Interface......Page 35
 3.3 Reading Data into the R Commander......Page 38
 3.4 Examining and Recoding Variables......Page 42
 3.5 Making a Contingency Table......Page 50
  3.6.2 Creating a Report as a Dynamic Document......Page 53
  3.6.2.1 Using Markdown: The Basics......Page 57
 3.7 Editing Commands*......Page 61
  3.9.1 Using the Commander Options Dialog......Page 65
  3.9.3 Managing Colors in the R Commander......Page 67
  3.9.4 Saving R Commander Options......Page 68
 4.2 Data Input......Page 70
  4.2.1 Entering Data into the R Commander Data Editor......Page 71
  4.2.2 Reading Data from Plain-Text Files......Page 73
  4.2.3 Importing Data from Spreadsheets and Other Sources......Page 76
  4.2.4 Accessing Data Sets in R Packages......Page 78
 4.3 Saving and Exporting Data from the R Commander......Page 81
  4.4.1 Recoding Variables......Page 83
  4.4.2 Computing New Variables......Page 84
  4.4.2.1 Complicated Expressions in Computing New Variables*......Page 85
  4.4.3 Other Operations on Variables......Page 87
  4.5.1 Special Operations on Data Sets*......Page 90
  4.5.2 Subsetting Cases......Page 91
  4.5.3 Merging Data Sets*......Page 93
 5.1 Simple Numerical Summaries......Page 96
 5.2 Contingency Tables......Page 100
  5.3.1 Graphing Numerical Data......Page 103
  5.3.2 Graphing Categorical Data......Page 109
  5.4.1 Simple Scatterplots......Page 111
  5.4.2 Enhanced Scatterplots*......Page 112
  5.4.4 Point Identication in Scatterplots and Scatterplot Matrices......Page 115
  5.4.6 Plotting Means......Page 119
  6.1.1 Independent Samples Di erence-of-Means t Test......Page 124
  6.1.2 One-Way Analysis of Variance......Page 126
  6.1.3 Two-Way and Higher-Way Analysis of Variance......Page 128
 6.2 Tests on Proportions......Page 135
 6.3 Tests on Variances......Page 138
 6.4 Nonparametric Tests......Page 140
 6.5 Other Simple Tests*......Page 142
 7.1 Linear Regression Models......Page 144
  7.2.1 Linear-Model Formulas......Page 147
  7.2.3 Examples Using the Canadian Occupational Prestige Data......Page 148
  7.2.4 Dummy Variables and Other Contrasts for Factors......Page 153
  7.3.2 Regression Splines......Page 156
 7.4 Generalized Linear Models*......Page 160
 7.6 Visualizing Linear and Generalized Linear Models*......Page 164
  7.6.1 Partial Residuals in E ect Plot......Page 167
  7.7.2 Analysis of Variance and Analysis of Deviance Tables*......Page 171
  7.7.3 Tests Comparing Models*......Page 174
  7.7.4 Testing Linear Hypotheses*......Page 175
 7.8 Regression Model Diagnostics*......Page 178
 7.9 Model Selection*......Page 182
  8.1.1 Continuous Distributions......Page 186
  8.1.2 Discrete Distributions......Page 189
 8.2 Plotting Probability Distributions......Page 190
 8.3 Simple Random Simulations......Page 192
  8.3.2 A Simple Simulation Illustrating the Central Limit Theorem......Page 193
 9.1 Acquiring and Loading Plug-Ins......Page 198
 9.2 Using the RcmdrPlugin.TeachingDemos Package......Page 199
 9.3 Survival Analysis with the RcmdrPlugin.survival Package*......Page 201
  9.3.1 Survival Analysis Examples Based on Criminal Recidivism Data......Page 204
Appendix A: Guide to the R Commander Menus......Page 214
References......Page 222
Author Index......Page 226
Subject Index......Page 228