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Using R for Data Analysis and Graphics

Introduction, Code mentary



J H Maindonald

Centre for Mathematics and Its Applications,
Australian National University.

















©J. H. Maindonald 2000, 2004, 2008. A licence is granted for personal study and classroom use.
Redistribution in any other form is prohibited.

Languages shape the way we think, and determine what we can think about (Benjamin Whorf.).

This latest revision has corrected several errors. I plan, in due course, to post a new document that will largely
replace this now somewhat dated document, taking more adequate account of recent changes and enhancements
to the R system and its associated packages since 2002.
19 January 2008
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Introduction...........................................................................................................................................................1
The R System............................................................................................................................