[R] I need course in R

[Simon Pickett]

yes I did, sorry. obviously good for stats rather than general code but 
still good bed time reading :-)

Simon.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "June Kim" <juneaftn at gmail.com>
To: "Simon Pickett" <simon.pickett at bto.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [R] I need course in R


> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Simon Pickett <simon.pickett at bto.org> 
> wrote:
>> R is not as daunting as it first seems and you might get by without 
>> having
>> to get formal training.
>>
>> Speaking as someone who taught themselves to use R for statistics, 
>> graphics
>> and data manipulation, I found that the "Introduction to R" book (the 
>> small
>> yellow one) and the numerous pdfs available online are fantastic and walk
>
> I can't find a book named "Introduction to R" whose cover is yellow.
>
> You must be talking about Dalgaard's.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Statistics-R-Computing/dp/0387790535
>
>> you through the very basics (the one by Emanuel Paradis is excellent).
>>
>> So, as long as you can read and understand English there are alot of free
>> resources out there (maybe there are some of these already translated to
>> other languages, I dont know).
>>
>> It is a steep learning curve, but once you get to grips with the basics,
>> I've found that I can find out everything else I need to know by 
>> searching
>> these archives...
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Simon Pickett.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uwe Ligges"
>> <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>> To: "xavier ordoñez" <rlistxavor at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "R help" <R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:24 AM
>> Subject: Re: [R] I need course in R
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> xavier ordoñez wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am interested to take a course in R. Someone know of some course in
>>>> europe
>>>> for the first semester of the next year?.
>>>
>>> Yes, some, but hard to suggest commercial companies or universities and
>>> certain courses, because it  depends on so many facts:
>>>
>>> - the languages you understand
>>> - the European regions that are fine for you to travel to
>>> - the level and kind of R stuff you expect in the course (basics,
>>> applications in a certain field, or "just" programming)
>>> - your a priori knowledge about statistics
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Happy Year
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Xavier
>>>>
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