Introduction to Data Analysis with R

A short and direct first contact with R, covering the data structures, how to read and write files, and how to produce graphics and run basic statistical models. Ideal if you want the essentials without a 400 page commitment.

Emmanuel Paradis

The official R manual, kept current with every release of the language. Covers the data types, reading datasets, writing your own functions, statistical models, and the graphics system, straight from the team that builds R.

W. N. Venables, D. M. Smith and the R Core Team

A workbook that teaches R for social research through the tidyverse, from descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis to multiple regression and categorical predictors. Every chapter pairs the code with the reasoning behind the choice of method.

Renee Zahnow and Jingyeong Song