On 1/9/2008 4:28 PM, Sitadri_Bagchi@swissre.com wrote:
> I have a couple of simple questions. 
> 
> (a) Suppose that I have an Excel dataset stored in a file called 
> dataset.xls located in some folder in my hard drive.  Suppose that it 
has 
> two columns called  X  and  Y  of equal length.  After I click on R and 
> have the page that says 'type help() for...', how do I instruct to 
perform 
> a simple linear regression of  Y  on  X?  Can you give me a step-by-step 

> procedure?
> 
> (b) What do I type in to view a full listing of the packages offered by 
R? 
>  In particular, I am interested in logistic regression and quantile 
> regression.
> 
> One of the problems I am having is to figure out how to access the data 
> set.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>                                         Sitadri
> 




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