Название: R for Conservation and Development Projects: A Primer for Practitioners
Автор: Nathan Whitmore
Издательство: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Год: 2021
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 390
Размер: 11.3 Mb
Язык: English

This book is aimed at conservation and development practitioners who need to learn and use R in a part-time professional context. It gives people with a non-technical background a set of skills to graph, map, and model in R. It also provides background on data integration in project management and covers fundamental statistical concepts. The book aims to demystify R and give practitioners the confidence to use it.
Key Features:
• Viewing data science as part of a greater knowledge and decision making system
• Foundation sections on inference, evidence, and data integration
• Plain English explanations of R functions
• Relatable examples which are typical of activities undertaken by conservation and development organisations in the developing world
• Worked examples showing how data analysis can be incorporated into project reports