--- product_id: 31032723 title: "The Book of R: A First Course in Programming and Statistics" price: "AED 134" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/31032723-the-book-of-r-a-first-course-in-programming-statistics store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # The Book of R: A First Course in Programming and Statistics **Price:** AED 134 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Book of R: A First Course in Programming and Statistics - **How much does it cost?** AED 134 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/31032723-the-book-of-r-a-first-course-in-programming-statistics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Book of R is a comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to R, the world’s most popular programming language for statistical analysis. Even if you have no programming experience and little more than a grounding in the basics of mathematics, you’ll find everything you need to begin using R effectively for statistical analysis. You’ll start with the basics, like how to handle data and write simple programs, before moving on to more advanced topics, like producing statistical summaries of your data and performing statistical tests and modeling. You’ll even learn how to create impressive data visualizations with R’s basic graphics tools and contributed packages, like ggplot2 and ggvis, as well as interactive 3D visualizations using the rgl package. Dozens of hands-on exercises (with downloadable solutions) take you from theory to practice, as you learn: –The fundamentals of programming in R, including how to write data frames, create functions, and use variables, statements, and loops –Statistical concepts like exploratory data analysis, probabilities, hypothesis tests, and regression modeling, and how to execute them in R –How to access R’s thousands of functions, libraries, and data sets –How to draw valid and useful conclusions from your data –How to create publication-quality graphics of your results Combining detailed explanations with real-world examples and exercises, this book will provide you with a solid understanding of both statistics and the depth of R’s functionality. Make The Book of R your doorway into the growing world of data analysis. Review: Perfect starter... - Was great help as I am trying to self teach myself R. Review: excellent for all levels - I've got a very good stats background from grad school and a long tech industry career in research. I've used SPSS for decades and made heavy use of SPSS syntax, so I delayed moving to R because I could do so much in SPSS so easily. But with some down time and having never gotten over the hump with online tutorials--including datacamp--I bought this book to work through R skills ground up. What a great decision. I can't recommend this book highly enough. I was transfixed with working through each example in the text and each practical exercise at the section breaks despite it being 400+ pages before I encountered a statistical concept/explanation I wasn't already very familiar with. I was re-learning, re-thinking, refreshing the way I go about working with data. And I was wishing I had done this a long time ago. Take your time, do it right, learn as you go, take notes for yourself on the side, save code snippets for future-you to leverage in your work, and enjoy the learning. I worked through this as I would a textbook despite being long out of school. I suppose it might make a good reference without doing that, but it will be a much better reference/reminder for me now that I have thoroughly internalized the way of working with R it provided me. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #184,787 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #14 in Mathematical & Statistical Software #72 in Computer Programming Languages #98 in Probability & Statistics (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 439 Reviews | ## Images ![The Book of R: A First Course in Programming and Statistics - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71s-2K85mxL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect starter... *by L***A on January 14, 2026* Was great help as I am trying to self teach myself R. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ excellent for all levels *by F***T on August 2, 2023* I've got a very good stats background from grad school and a long tech industry career in research. I've used SPSS for decades and made heavy use of SPSS syntax, so I delayed moving to R because I could do so much in SPSS so easily. But with some down time and having never gotten over the hump with online tutorials--including datacamp--I bought this book to work through R skills ground up. What a great decision. I can't recommend this book highly enough. I was transfixed with working through each example in the text and each practical exercise at the section breaks despite it being 400+ pages before I encountered a statistical concept/explanation I wasn't already very familiar with. I was re-learning, re-thinking, refreshing the way I go about working with data. And I was wishing I had done this a long time ago. Take your time, do it right, learn as you go, take notes for yourself on the side, save code snippets for future-you to leverage in your work, and enjoy the learning. I worked through this as I would a textbook despite being long out of school. I suppose it might make a good reference without doing that, but it will be a much better reference/reminder for me now that I have thoroughly internalized the way of working with R it provided me. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I LOVE this book!!! *by W***N on August 5, 2016* I almost never write Amazon reviews, but feel compelled to in the case of this gem of a textbook. Quick about me: -solid general computer skills (e.g. Excel), but NO programming background -took statistics in high school, barely passed calculus in college -was inspired to learn R after seeing a colleague use it for data analysis -have been disappointed by R texts that I've encountered thus far, finding them either too advanced or poorly organized/written Why I am giving this book 5 stars: -it is structured very logically, starting with the basics of the language before moving onto programming, statistics, and more advanced concepts -it is accessible to a wide audience, yet goes into the necessary level of detail -it is well written, in an easy, clear voice -an appropriate balance of text vs code examples and graphics -it has effective exercises at logical points to ensure the reader not only understands, but can execute the concepts learned -it is aesthetically very nice -- the spine doesn't crack, the book doesn't warp over time, the font and text size are very readable As a sidenote, I ordered R for Dummies as well. I didn't give it an especially thorough glance, but quickly flipped through it and decided to return it because I knew on first glance that The Book of R was far superior. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Book of R: A First Course in Programming and Statistics - R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data - The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/31032723-the-book-of-r-a-first-course-in-programming-statistics](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/31032723-the-book-of-r-a-first-course-in-programming-statistics) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-05-30*