Please forgive if this question has been asked recently in this list. I've scanned some of the recent archives and the FAQ and haven't found the answer to my question. I'm taking a class on Elementary Stats, basic stuff, and I found R while looking for stats programs that run on Linux. The documentation seems to be fairly complete on the functions contained within R, but to be honest, I cannot find documentation on how to get STARTED using R, especially for someone who's never used a stats software package before. The notes that are available separately didn't seem to shed any light on how to get started, like entering in data to run basic graphs like histograms, ojives and freq polygons. I've also done some searches on relevant engines and haven't found any Web resources. Can anyone point me to some beginners' type of documentation so I can RTFM? :) TIA.... ----------------------------------------------- neurowiz at neurowiz.com http://www.neurowiz.com PGP public key located on website -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
1. In "Notes on R" (available at CRAN), do the "introductory session" (in appendix). 2. this is a handy place to look for the various functions: http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/R-alpha/doc/html/ 3. in R, you can get help on any function (e.g. plot) by doing ?plot 4. "Notes on R" has all the info you need to get started. but here is some help anyway. to enter some data: x<-c(1,2,3,4) y<-(4,5,6,7) to plot it: plot(x,y) histogram: hist(x) get freq polygon by adding extra argument to hist() quantile plot (ogive, straightened on "probability paper"): qqnorm(x) Bill Simpson -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
>>>>> "N" == Neurowiz <neurowiz at neurowiz.com> writes:N> I'm taking a class on Elementary Stats, basic stuff, and I found N> R while looking for stats programs that run on Linux. The N> documentation seems to be fairly complete on the functions N> contained within R, but to be honest, I cannot find documentation N> on how to get STARTED using R, especially for someone who's never N> used a stats software package before. The notes that are N> available separately didn't seem to shed any light on how to get N> started, like entering in data to run basic graphs like N> histograms, ojives and freq polygons. I've also done some N> searches on relevant engines and haven't found any Web N> resources. Can anyone point me to some beginners' type of N> documentation so I can RTFM? :) One of the best sources for learning R (or S) is the book "Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS (2nd ed)" by Venables and Ripley. See http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS2/ The authors have created an on-line "`R' Complements" document http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS2/VR2R.pdf that outlines how to use R. It also describes some of the differences between R and S-PLUS you will need to watch for when reading their book. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._