[R] [O/T] undergrads and R

[John Fox]

Dear Erin,

I wrote the Rcmdr package because my undergrad intro stats students are much
more comfortable with point-and-click interfaces. You're in a computer and
math department, however, while I'm in sociology -- I would have thought
that your students wouldn't have trouble with command-driven software.

Regards,
 John

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John Fox
Department of Sociology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
905-525-9140x23604
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Erin Hodgess
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 5:28 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] [O/T] undergrads and R
> 
> Dear R People:
> 
> Are your undergraduate students receptive to learning R, as a rule?
> 
> Most of the time, mine really like it.  But this semester, 
> they act as though they are being eaten by rats when learning 
> R.  They are not trying at all.
> 
> Any similar experiences?  If anyone has any good ideas, I 
> would be THRILLED to hear them, as I am using R in Summer School.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sincerely,
> Erin Hodgess
> Associate Professor
> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University 
> of Houston - Downtown
> mailto: hodgess at gator.uhd.edu
> 
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