文档介绍：Advances in Social Science Research Using R
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Advances in Social Science
Research Using R
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Hrishikesh D. Vinod, Ph. D.
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Preface
Quantitative social science research has been expanding due to the avail-
ability puters and data over the past few decades. Yet the textbooks
and supplements for researchers do not adequately highlight the revolution
created by the R software [2] and graphics system. R is fast ing the lin-
gua franca of quantitative research with some 2000 free specialized packages,
where the latest versions can be downloaded in seconds. Many packages such
as “car”[1] developed by social scientists are popular among all scientists.
An early 2009 art