Data Science With R for Absolute Beginners: Tidyverse, ggplot2, and Statistical Modeling in R (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798185777008)

"I don't know R" shouldn't be the thing standing between you and your research, your job, or your degree. This book fixes that.

Most R books are written for statisticians who already think in formulas and matrix notation, opening with terms like "vectorized operation" before showing a single real, runnable line of code. Data Science with R takes the opposite approach: every concept is introduced because you'll actually use it, illustrated with real, working code that produces a genuine result you can see immediately.

This is a true data science book built around R as it's actually used in 2026 - the tidyverse, ggplot2, and real statistical modeling - not an abstract statistics textbook that happens to use R as its calculator.

What You'll Actually Learn

• R fundamentals - vectors, data types, control flow, and functions
• Data frames, R's core data structure, in genuine depth
• Data cleaning with dplyr and reshaping with tidyr
• String manipulation and working with dates
• Data visualization with ggplot2 - two full chapters, building real skill, not just syntax
• Descriptive statistics, probability distributions, and hypothesis testing
• Linear regression modeling in R
• R Markdown for genuine, shareable, professional reporting
• A complete capstone - a real R data analysis project, start to finish

Why This Book Is Different

• No prior R experience assumed - if you can build a spreadsheet formula, you can start here.
• Genuinely for beginners at statistics too - Chapters 12 through 14 teach modeling at a true beginner level, not a graduate-statistics one.
• Pairs naturally with Python if you already know it - understand precisely where and why a real team reaches for R over Python.
• Full exercise solutions across every chapter.

Who This Book Is For

Written for complete beginners to R - researchers, public health and economics professionals, social scientists, and students in fields where R is the assigned or expected standard. You're exactly the right reader if every R resource you've tried jumped straight into statistical theory without showing you why it matters, if you want to understand the models and charts in research papers instead of treating them as a black box, or if you already know Python and want a genuine second tool in your kit.

This book is not written for readers already fluent in R looking for an advanced statistical reference - it's a genuine, patient, complete on-ramp.

What You'll Be Able to Do

By the final page, you'll confidently import and clean real data, build publication-quality visualizations with ggplot2, run and interpret hypothesis tests, fit a linear regression model, and produce a polished, shareable analysis report - entirely in R.

Scroll up and start your R journey today.

Author: Garrett Hawthorne
ISBN-13: 9798185777008
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 07/05/2026
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d