The Statistical Grimoire: Modern Statistical Approaches for the Natural Sciences Using R

Author

Jeffrey M. Pisklak

Last Updated

July 3, 2026

About

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The Statistical Grimoire is a beginner-friendly open-access textbook actively being updated with statistical and data analysis techniques using the R programming language and other open-source tools.

This book was created to give students a solid, practical, and free introduction to both statistics and R programming, especially if they have not done any coding before.

Caution

You’re reading a what amounts to a friendly alpha version. Check back for additions and improvements.

GitLab Repository

https://gitlab.com/statistical-grimoire/book

Acknowledgments

This is a Quarto book. To learn more about Quarto books visit https://quarto.org/docs/books.

This book would not be possible without these excellent R packages:

  • tidyverse - for data manipulation and visualization.
  • exams - for generating dynamic assessments.
  • datatable - for fast data processing and online display.
  • knitr - for dynamic document generation.

A sincere thank you to all the developers and contributors who maintain these tools.

This book uses the Braille Institute’s Hyperlegible family of fonts. To learn more visit: https://www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont/

  • Body Typeface: Atkinson Hyperlegible Next
  • Code Typeface: Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono Font

Licence

The Statistical Grimoire: Modern Statistical Approaches for the Natural Sciences Using R by Jeffrey M. Pisklak is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.

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