ABSTRACT

Quickly and Easily Write Dynamic Documents

Suitable for both beginners and advanced users, Dynamic Documents with R and knitr, Second Edition makes writing statistical reports easier by integrating computing directly with reporting. Reports range from homework, projects, exams, books, blogs, and web pages to virtually any documents related to statistical graphics, computing, and data analysis. The book covers basic applications for beginners while guiding power users in understanding the extensibility of the knitr package.

New to the Second Edition

  • A new chapter that introduces R Markdown v2
  • Changes that reflect improvements in the knitr package
  • New sections on generating tables, defining custom printing methods for objects in code chunks, the C/Fortran engines, the Stan engine, running engines in a persistent session, and starting a local server to serve dynamic documents

Boost Your Productivity in Statistical Report Writing and Make Your Scientific Computing with R Reproducible

Like its highly praised predecessor, this edition shows you how to improve your efficiency in writing reports. The book takes you from program output to publication-quality reports, helping you fine-tune every aspect of your report.

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|6 pages

Reproducible Research

chapter 3|8 pages

A First Look

chapter 4|8 pages

Editors

chapter 5|18 pages

Document Formats

chapter 6|13 pages

Text Output

chapter 7|21 pages

Graphics

chapter 8|9 pages

Cache

chapter 9|7 pages

Cross Reference

chapter 10|12 pages

Hooks

chapter 11|15 pages

Language Engines

chapter 12|34 pages

Tricks and Solutions

chapter 13|6 pages

Publishing Reports

chapter 14|45 pages

R Markdown

chapter 15|19 pages

Applications

chapter 16|13 pages

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