[R] Statistical Analysis with R Beginner's Guide Book

[John M. Quick]

Hi Mike,

The book makes use of .csv files, which are provided, along with all R code and .RData files.

You have an interesting thought about people pulling data from diverse sources and making everyday use of R. For this, I would suggest using Excel or Google Docs Spreadsheets to compile and organize the data. Afterwards, the dataset could be exported as a .csv file for use in R.

John 

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>> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:53:58 -0800
>> From: john at johnmquick.com
>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>> Subject: [R] Statistical Analysis with R Beginner's Guide Book
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> 
>> I'm writing to announce my new R beginner's guide book and answer questions
>> related to it.
>> 
>> The primary focus of Statistical Analysis with R is helping new users become
>> accustomed to R and empowering them to apply R to suit their own needs. It
>> is a beginner's guide written for a broad audience and should be well
>> received by businesspeople, IT professionals, researchers, and students
>> alike. Statistical Analysis with R takes readers on a journey from their
> 
> I guess I would just mention, not having looked at your links, that it
> may not be out of place to include information on scraping data from
> various sources that may be of interest to more casual amateur users.
> A number of people ask about data input from places like yahoo and
> the Forbes article someone posted suggests people do use R for home
> and personal usage. Often the data most interesting to this audience
> may not be known to them or getting it into R could be a challenge. 
> 
> Personally I'd like to create a bigger audience to encourage various
> agencies, including the IRS for example, to make more open and free to
> use API's. 
> 
>> first installation and launch of R, to analyzing and assessing data, to
>> communicating and visualizing results. You can
>> http://rtutorialseries.blogspot.com/2010/11/r-beginners-guide-book-update.html
>> learn more about the book on my R Tutorial Series blog. The book itself can
>> be found on the http://link.packtpub.com/or7f1u Packt Publishing website .
>> 
>> If you have questions about the book, such as its content coverage,
>> approach, audience, etc., please respond and I will do my best to clarify.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> John M. Quick
>> 
>> 
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