[R-sig-teaching] R exercices

[nf grinberg]

cgenolin <cgenolin <at> u-paris10.fr> writes:

> 
> 
> Hi the list, 
> 
> I am looking for some exercices for a PhD student
> that start to learn R. He already "read" some tutorial, but now he needs
> some practice. 
> 
> He does *not* need to learn any statistical tools ; he
> just needs to work on programmation concept. So I am looking for some
> exercice sheet that will, for example, focus on :  
> 
>  - structuring the
> data (data.frame / list / matrix / ...) 
> 
>  - using controle syntax (for
> / if / while / function) 
> 
>  - reading data 
> 
>  - ... 
> 
> Any link for this
> kind of material? 
> 
> Sincerely 
> 
> Christophe 
> 
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Hi Christophe,

The following set of exercises (by Robin Reed and myself) is aimed at people
wishing to learn R in a non-statistical context (there are exercises involving
matrices (and arrays) and vectors and writing functions).
Maybe your student might find them useful.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-
research/reed/rexercises.pdf (accessible from here
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-research/reed )

Best,
Nastasiya