Guide to Programming Algorithms Using R

Simple, concise and easy-to-read, with many discussions on common mistakes and answers to questions students may be too embarrassed to ask
Contains instructive practical exercises at the end of each chapter, together with a selection of mini-projects that students may enjoy while programming
Provides R program code for lecturers and instructors at an associated website
When encountering difficult concepts in computer programming for the first time, many students struggle to find simple explanations in their textbooks. Information can also be hard to find on common mistakes made when implementing algorithms and writing programs.

This concise and easy-to-follow textbook/guide provides a student-friendly introduction to programming and algorithms. Emphasis is placed on the threshold concepts that present barriers to learning, including the questions that students are often too embarrassed to ask. The book promotes an active learning style in which a deeper understanding is gained from evaluating, questioning, and discussing the material, and practised in hands-on exercises. Although R is used as the language of choice for all programs, strict assumptions are avoided in the explanations in order for these to remain applicable to other programming languages.