[R-sig-teaching] R exercices

[Jeff Laux]

I agree with you, and I really don't want to get into an argument over 
the email list, but note that it can be difficult to follow along with 
Matloff's examples because the data he's using aren't posted anywhere 
(at least that I could find, if someone else knows where they are please 
respond).  Again, I think Matloff's book is very good, and I got a lot 
out of reading it.  You can try some of the examples.  I do recommend it 
to people.  It may well be a good recommendation for this individual, in 
addition to something else that provides exercises that he can practice on.


On 8/20/2012 12:52 PM, Robert Baer wrote:
> On 8/20/2012 11:37 AM, Jeff Laux wrote:
>> Matloff's book is very good, but  a critical shortcoming is that it 
>> does not include exercises, so it may not meet the stated requirements.
> Point well taken.  The lack of Chapter-end exercises makes this book 
> not work well for a classroom environment, but the OP did say, "... 
> for a PhD student ...", and the book is full of exercises that the 
> author takes readers through. This collection of  exemplars might be 
> perfect for  self-study by a PhD student looking to move on to solve 
> his own problems.
>
> Rob
>>
>>
>> On 8/20/2012 12:30 PM, Robert Baer wrote:
>>> You could have him work through Norman Matloff's book, "The Art of R 
>>> Programming" which covers the things you list.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/18/2012 3:47 PM, nf grinberg wrote:
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>     [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
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