[R] Statitics Textbook - any recommendation?

[Charles Annis, P.E.]

Recommending a good book on statistics is like recommending a good book on
sports:  Which sports?

A good book for learning statistical concepts (and learning R at the same
time), one that assumes you understand algebra but are new to statistics, is
Peter Dalgaard's _Introductory Statistics with R_ (Springer 2002).  The
writing is relaxed and succinct, not condescending as some texts might
appear to a newcomer.  It's just a good book.

Charles Annis, P.E.

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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 Mike Nielsen
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:36 PM
To: Berton Gunter
Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] Statitics Textbook - any recommendation?

Excellent characterization.

MASS is a very good book, but I'm not sure I would describe it as a
statistics textbook, much less one of the "basic" variety.  While I
certainly wouldn't presume to speak for Prof. Ripley and Dr. Venables,
it seems unlikely their intent in writing MASS was to teach
statistics, but rather, as the name of the book might suggest, to
explain how S+ (and R) can be applied to modern statistical
techniques.  My experience with this book is that it assumes
considerable background knowledge.

By all means, buy MASS, but if you need guidance on the how and why of
statistical techniques, you may wish to shop Amazon to find a
supplement.

Regards,

Mike

On 9/20/06, Berton Gunter <gunter.berton at gene.com> wrote:
> Not withstanding Prof. Heiberger's admirable enthusiasm, I think the
> canonical answer is probably MASS (Modern Applied Statistics with S) by
> Venables and Ripley. It is very comprehensive, but depending on your
> background, you may find it too telegraphic.
>
> -- Bert Gunter
> Genentech Non-Clinical Statistics
> South San Francisco, CA
>
> "The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific learning
> process."  - George E. P. Box
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Iuri Gavronski
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:22 PM
> > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > Subject: [R] Statitics Textbook - any recommendation?
> >
> > I would like to buy a basic statistics book (experimental design,
> > sampling, ANOVA, regression, etc.) with examples in R. Or
> > download it
> > in PDF or html format.
> > I went to the CRAN contributed documentation, but there were only R
> > textbooks, that is, textbooks where R is the focus, not the
> > statistics. And I would like to find the opposite.
> > Other text I am trying to find is multivariate data analysis (EFA,
> > cluster, mult regression, MANOVA, etc.) with examples with R.
> > Any recommendation?
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> >
> > Iuri.
> >
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Mike Nielsen

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