[R] Standard introductory presentation

[R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt@gmail.com>]

You could do much worse than Bill Venables' short course presentation given at UseR 2012. 

Keep up the good work!

Michael

On Aug 13, 2012, at 3:13 PM, clangkamp <christian.langkamp at gmxpro.de> wrote:

> Hi Everyone
> 
> In the Contributed Documentation part of the R Project website there are
> dozens of various documents explaining this and that on R. Furthermore there
> is also the document "Introduction to R". In my thesis I have been using R
> here and there, so I would classify myself as an intermediate user after
> about 3 years of using it, but I am in no sense a professional.
> 
> I am now on a guest research trip to another University, and there a few
> people have asked me to "spread the word", hinting even at me giving a
> presentation on R and the blessings it brings. I feel mightily uncomfortable
> with that, but what the heck. I have been now looking for an "official
> Introduction to R" in Presentation Format, but lo, there isn't one. There
> are a few tutorials on the web, but none are really a classical
> introduction.
> 
> I have no bad conscience about taking a premade presentation by someone else
> (and yes, in todays context of plagiarised, fully citing them etc.), knowing
> that it is actually well designed to present R and doesn't talk gibberish, 
> 
> The closest I found was by Tyler K. Perrachione from MIT, which I think I
> might use if push comes to shove, but I wanted to ask whether anyone of you
> knows of a "official version" by one of the Core Project members ?
> 
> Christian
> 
> 
> 
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