R Programming with AI A Complete Beginner's Guide to R Programming, Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI Applications [#1041433]

R Programming with AI: A Complete Beginner's Guide to R Programming, Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI Applications
English | May 13, 2026 | ASIN: B0H1MMBL9V | 187 pages | Epub | 482.39 KB
Master R programming and build real AI-powered data applications - no prior coding experience required.R Programming with AI is the complete beginner-to-practitioner guide for anyone who wants to learn R and apply it across data science, machine learning, and modern AI workflows. Written for 2026, this premium edition takes you from your very first line of R code to deploying a fully functional, AI-powered analytics dashboard.Author Thomas Scott brings over a decade of hands-on experience to a book that is practical above all else. Every concept is grounded in real code, real data, and real applications - not toy examples.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:* R fundamentals: variables, data types, vectors, lists, data frames, and control flow* Working with the tidyverse: data cleaning with dplyr and beautiful visualizations with ggDescription2* Exploratory data analysis and statistical reasoning in R* Machine learning with caret and tidymodels: regression, classification, and feature engineering* Connecting R to AI APIs and working with large language models* Prompt engineering techniques for R-based AI workflows* Embeddings, semantic search, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)* Building autonomous AI agents and automation workflows* Interactive dashboards with Shiny* Production deployment and best practices for real-world R applications* Full capstone project: a deployable AI-powered analytics dashboardWHY THIS BOOK:R was built by people who understood data - how it is collected, how it gets messy, and how to reason about it honestly. With over 20,000 packages on CRAN, exceptional statistical depth, and ggDescription2's publication-quality visualizations, R remains the gold standard for data science and research. This 2026 Premium Edition adds complete coverage of the AI tools data professionals are using right now: prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, and agent orchestration.Used by Google, Airbnb, the BBC, and thousands of research institutions worldwide, R is a career-defining skill - and this is the book that teaches it properly.Includes comprehensive appendices covering R syntax, dplyr, ggDescription2, tidymodels, AI and ellmer integration, essential packages, a full glossary, common errors and fixes, and RStudio keyboard shortcuts.Perfect for: aspiring data scientists, analysts, researchers, students, and professionals who want to move beyond spreadsheets and into the world of intelligent, data-driven applications.