It is not often that I think that a statistics text is one that most scientific statisticians shouldhave in their personal libraries. The 2008 text by Owen Jones, Robert Maillardet, and An-drew Robinson titled, Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation Using R is sucha text. I am assuming, however, that R is the primary statistical package that is used amongstatisticians who are evaluating biological, geological, astronomical, environmental, and otherscientific research areas. But even if a researcher does not use R as their preferred statisticaltool, authors of research articles in scientific journals now appear to overwhelmingly employR for executing and displaying published statistical results. In order to fully understand – orto referee – these articles, an understanding of R is desirable. This text provides scientific re-searchers with a working knowledge of R for both reviewing and for engaging in the statisticalevaluation of scientific data.
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