   - go with Bob and Peter's book. Too many sources can be confusing.
   - Join the list, create filters for keywords of your specialty (like from
   R -Help ) contains regression.
   - Try use it for a live project .


Let the R begin

Ajay

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:46 PM, John Kane <jrkrideau@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> I'm not a statistician so my approach may not make sense for you but I'd
> suggests having a look at Bob Muenchen's R for SAS and SPSS users in  pdf
> form (very useful) or his new book with the same title (which I have not
> seen yet) for a start. http://rforsasandspssusers.com/
>
> If you want some very, very basic things I'd suggest having a look at the
> tutorial at http://www.math.ilstu.edu/dhkim/Rstuff/Rtutor.html
>
> After that there are any number of useful references and on-line materials
> available through the R site.  Have a look at Books and Other on the left
> hand side of the page.
>
> If you can get them, I'd suggest having a look at Peter Dalgaard's
>  Introductory Statistics with R or John Verzani's Simple R.  The stats may
> be simple for you but the organized treatment of how to use these stats in R
> is very valuable.
>
> The Introduction to R is very good but, at the risk of being accused of
> heresy, I'd suggest that it is much better if you read it after you get a
> feeling for the language. It also should be downloaded and read in the PDF
> format.
>
> Read the FAQ carefully, especially Section 7.  Section 7 highlights a lot
> of little things that can confuse a new user and reading it can save you
> hours of pounding your head against the wall.
>
>
>
> > From: saggak <saggak1908@yahoo.co.in>
> > Subject: How to learn R language?
> > To: r-help@r-project.org
> > Date: Wednesday, 27 August, 2008, 3:37 PM
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am a post graduate in Statistics. I want to learn R
> > language, but am very confused as to how to begin
> > systematically. I need to learn R language from Statistics
> > point of view e.g. I need to fit distributions to data or
> > run regression analysis etc. No doubt there are so many
> > articles available on internet. But can someone guide me as
> > to how do I begin and go on improving myself SYSTEMATICALLY?
> >
> > Hence, please guide me as to how should I start learning R
> > language? What should I read first etc.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Sagga K
>
>
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