[R] Wanted: online Introduction to R

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Clive Jenkins <clive.jenkins at clara.net> writes:

> I followed links 2 or 3 deep wherever it appeared fruitful, subject to
> the target documents being readable on my PC. I now realise that my main
> problem was that I was not set up to read TeX documents, and therefore
> passed over the R-notes without realising their crucial significance. I
> have since viewed them as raw ASCII and they appear to be what I need.
> It might be worth changing the R-FAQ to stress the relevance of the
> R-notes to a beginner.
> 
> [I had previously downloaded Ghostscript and GSview, in an attempt to
> broaden the range of internet resources I could use, but I never spent
> enough hours (or days?) to get it working properly. I didn't want to
> divert into TeX without having plenty of free time in front of me! Maybe
> I should switch to Linux before trying to do anything serious.]

I'm pretty sure a PostScript version of R-notes sits around somewhere
...<checking>... yup. 3rd item under "R Documentation" at CRAN! You
can read that easily (to the extent that getting the reader to work on
Windows is easy) using GSView.

(And it *is* easier with Linux - "gv Rnotes.ps.gz" - and lots of
things are easier, but then again there also lots of things that would
be completely new to you... Rule of thumb: If you have the choice,
shift if you need to do programming in C or need Unix tools. Or if
you're attracted to it for other reasons than your productivity of
course...)

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