Modern Data Visualization with R (Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series) - Softcover

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Robert Kabacoff is a data scientist with more than 30 years of experience in multivariate statistical methods, data visualization, predictive analytics, and psychometrics. A widely recognized expert in statistical programming, he is the author of R in Action: Data Analysis and Graphics with R (3rd ed.), and the popular Quick-R (www.statmethods.net) website. Dr. Kabacoff is also the co-author of Evaluating Research Articles from Start to Finish (3rd ed.), a textbook that uses a case-study approach to help students learn to read and evaluate empirical research.

Dr. Kabacoff earned his BA in psychology from the University of Connecticut and his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Following a postdoctoral fellowship in family research at Brown University, he joined the faculty at the Center for Psychological Studies at Nova Southeastern University, achieving the position of full professor in 1997. For 19 years, Dr. Kabacoff held the position of Vice President of Research for a global organizational development firm, providing research and consultation to academic, government, corporate, and humanitarian institutions in North America, Western Europe, Africa, and Asia. He is currently a professor of the practice in quantitative analysis at the Hazel Quantitative Analysis Center at Wesleyan University, teaching courses in exploratory data analysis, machine learning, and statistical software development.