[R-sig-teaching] R texts

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "AGW" == A G WARRACK <warrack at earthlink.net>
>>>>>     on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:59:44 -0400 writes:

    AGW> but I think also it's very expensive, and as I recall
    AGW> the review in the R newsletter wasn't that good.

yes, and I've also found it bit astonishing that someone who has
not ever been close to the development R dares to write 
"*THE* R book" ..

    AGW> Also Venables and Ripley cover a lot of the material
    AGW> that Vanesa mentioned.  GW

yes, and boht have been close to the development of S and R for
many years.

Martin

    AGW> On 8/20/08, Laura Chihara <lchihara at carleton.edu>
    AGW> wrote:
    >> 
    >> 
    >> "The R Book" by Crawley (Wiley) is comprehensive and very
    >> useful.  It got a nice review in the latest issue of "The
    >> American Statistician"
    >> 
    >> -Laura
    >> 
    >> Vanesa Maribel Fernández wrote:
    >> 
    >>> Hallo! My name is Vanesa; I am a biology PhD student
    >>> from Argentina. I am used to carry out statistical
    >>> analysis of data from our experiments. And I would like
    >>> to have a book to learn how to use “Râ€
    >>> for statistical. I need one which contains for example:
    >>> analysis of categorical data, regression, ANOVA (fixed,
    >>> mixed, repeated measures nestled), etc.  Can you help me
    >>> to choose a book? Thank you very much.  Vanesa
    >>> 
    >>> 
    >>> 
    >>> 
    >>> ----- Original Message ---- From: "Thomas, Judy"
    >>> <judy.thomas at taylorandfrancis.com> To:
    >>> r-sig-teaching at r-project.org Sent: Tuesday, August 12,
    >>> 2008 11:27:42 AM Subject: [R-sig-teaching] ANNOUNCEMENT:
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    >>> Probability and Statistics with R (
    >>> http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=C8911
    >>> )
    >>> 
    >>> Maria Dolores Ugarte, Public University of Navarre,
    >>> Pamplona, Spain Ana F. Militino, Public University of
    >>> Navarre, Pamplona, Spain Alan Arnholt, Appalachian State
    >>> University, Boone, North Carolina, U.S.A.
    >>> 
    >>> Publication Date: April 2008 Number of Pages: 728
    >>> 
    >>> With numerous real-world examples, carefully explained
    >>> proofs, end-of-chapter problems, and illuminating
    >>> graphs, this text shows how to solve various statistical
    >>> problems using both parametric and nonparametric
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    >>> 
    >>> Publication Date: January 2008 Number of Pages: 384
    >>> 
    >>> This text presents R programs and animations to provide
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