I have both handbook and MASS and think MASS is much better. But of course, it also depends on how you want to use R or your previous exposure to R.
On 2/25/07, Julien Barnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am starting a new job as a study analyst for a social science > research unit. I would really like to use R as my main tool for data > manipulation and analysis. So I'd like to ask you, if you had just one > book on R to buy (or to keep), which one would it be ? I already > bought the Handbook of Statistical Analysis Using R, but I'd like to > have something more complete, both on the statistical point of view > and on R usage. > > I thought that "Modern applied statistics with S-Plus" would be a good > choice, but maybe some of you could have interesting suggestions ? > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Julien > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- WenSui Liu A lousy statistician who happens to know a little programming (http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog) ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
