[R] [OT?]R Reference Manual review/recommend

Luc Villandre villandl at dms.umontreal.ca
Wed May 13 23:04:29 CEST 2009


AG wrote:
> Hello  all
>
> I am looking to learn R and was thumbing through volume 1 of "R 
> reference manual - Base Package".  I'm sorry if this is ludicrously 
> silly to ask, but is this book worth the investment as a good way to 
> learn how to use R?
>
> AG
>
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> PLEASE do read the posting guide 
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Actually, I supect the help manual "An Introduction to R" could be more 
useful. You need at least a very basic understanding of how R operates 
in order to easily make sense of a reference manual such as the one you 
mentioned.
-- 
*Luc Villandré*
/Biostatistician
McGill University Health Center -
Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute/




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