title: The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design
author: Norman Matloff
description: <strong>From the Author: Why Use R for Your Statistical Work?</strong>
zlib_text: A  T O U R  O F  S T A T I S T I C A L  S O F T W A R E  D E S I G N
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  PRAISE FOR THE ART OF R PROGRAMMING
  “If a person really wants to be able to speak the R language and become 
  a competent R programmer then . . . one can find no better guide than 
  Norman Matloff’s The Art of R Programming.”
  —JOSEPH RICKERT, REVOLUTION ANALYTICS
  “The book I’d recommend for someone wanting to learn R, especially for 
  someone with more experience in programming than statistics.”
  —JOHN D. COOK, THE ENDEAVOR
  “Good from cover to cover. Enough depth that the experienced R user will 
  find useful things in the later chapters.”
  —JOHN GRAHAM-CUMMING
  “If you are serious about learning R . . . The Art of R Programming will be 
  beneficial to you.”
  —PAOLO SONEGO, ONE R TIP A DAY
  “Makes it look easy for those scientists who need to make numerical 
  models based on statistical analysis. Serious stuff for people who are 
  already R 