This email isn't asking for assistance, but I thought R-help readers  
would find it interesting.  This week we offered a half-day  
introduction to R for researchers at Augsburg University.  The  
response was astonishing.  Although Augsburg has no medical faculty  
and no engineers, there was far too much demand, with interest from  
every faculty (barring theology, "for one small village of indomitable  
Gauls still holds out against the R invaders" --- perhaps that should  
be obdurate rather than indomitable) and we had participants from  
computer science, geography, physics, law, linguistics, education,  
sociology, marketing, psychology, finance, ...

The course itself went very well.  We encouraged people to bring their  
laptops and work in groups.  Using JGR as the interface to R helped a  
lot, as it was easier for people to load their own data and use the  
help.  Of course, JGR is compulsory in Augsburg.  Giving everyone a  
Butterbreze (a local delicacy) halfway through may have contributed to  
the good humour of the course as well!

Statistics doesn't always have a positive image.  I can recommend  
running an R course as one way of making a good impression.


Antony Unwin
Professor of Computer-Oriented Statistics and Data Analysis,
Mathematics Institute,
University of Augsburg,
86135 Augsburg, Germany
Tel: + 49 821 5982218
http://stats.math.uni-augsburg.de/




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