[R] Introducing R to statisticians

[spencerg]

      To me, R is the language of choice for a rapidly increasing number 
of people involved in new statistical algorithm development.  If they 
are happy with the tools they currently use, learning R may be a lot of 
pain for little gain. 


      However, if they want to stay current with the latest developments 
in almost any area of statistics, I know of no better way than to 
subscribe to some of the R mailing lists (or related lists like 
Bioconductor).  To me, reading those is like attending a professional 
meeting a few minutes per day. 


      Hope this helps. 
      Spencer Graves


Ove Hufthammer wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:51:53 -0500 Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> 
> wrote:
>   
>> If you know their applications you can show how well R does there,
>>     
>
> And do mention the (increasing) number of books available. It's only a 
> slight exaggeration to say that there are R books on almost any 
> application you could think of.
>
>   


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