On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Giovanni Petris <GPetris at uark.edu> wrote:> > I have found a good refernce to be "S Programming" by Venables and > Ripley.I'll take a look at this book. Since S and R are not completely the same, there are delicate differences between S and R, which an S book may be confusing if I want to learn R. One example is Statistical Models in S by Chambers and Hastie, where some examples in this book is not applicable in R as I pointed in my previous message to this mailing list some time ago. Could somebody let me know if there is a detailed comparison between S and R to help me understand R better even if I use books for S?>> I don't find a tutorial on S3. "Bengtsson.pdf" cites MASS (1999 >> edition). However, I don't think that MASS (2002 edition) clearly >> explain what S3 is and help a user who knew very little about S3 to >> quickly understand it. Could somebody let me know if there are some >> better learning materials to help me smooth the learning curve? >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > -- > Giovanni Petris > Dept of Mathematical Sciences > University of Arkansas > definetti.uark.edu/~gpetris > (479) 575-6324, 575-8630 (Fax) >
Read FAQ 3.3 as a starting place. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.snow at imail.org 801.408.8111> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Peng Yu > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:45 AM > To: Giovanni Petris > Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] What is the difference between S and R? > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Giovanni Petris <GPetris at uark.edu> > wrote: > > > > I have found a good refernce to be "S Programming" by Venables and > > Ripley. > > I'll take a look at this book. > > Since S and R are not completely the same, there are delicate > differences between S and R, which an S book may be confusing if I > want to learn R. One example is Statistical Models in S by Chambers > and Hastie, where some examples in this book is not applicable in R as > I pointed in my previous message to this mailing list some time ago. > > Could somebody let me know if there is a detailed comparison between > S and R to help me understand R better even if I use books for S? > > > >> I don't find a tutorial on S3. "Bengtsson.pdf" cites MASS (1999 > >> edition). However, I don't think that MASS (2002 edition) clearly > >> explain what S3 is and help a user who knew very little about S3 to > >> quickly understand it. Could somebody let me know if there are some > >> better learning materials to help me smooth the learning curve? > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > -- > > Giovanni Petris > > Dept of Mathematical Sciences > > University of Arkansas > > definetti.uark.edu/~gpetris > > (479) 575-6324, 575-8630 (Fax) > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Hi There, If you are starting with S or R, don't be worried. If you just started (I suppose with R), don't be worried too. Just enjoy and be happy :-) bests milton On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote:> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Giovanni Petris <GPetris@uark.edu> wrote: > > > > I have found a good refernce to be "S Programming" by Venables and > > Ripley. > > I'll take a look at this book. > > Since S and R are not completely the same, there are delicate > differences between S and R, which an S book may be confusing if I > want to learn R. One example is Statistical Models in S by Chambers > and Hastie, where some examples in this book is not applicable in R as > I pointed in my previous message to this mailing list some time ago. > > Could somebody let me know if there is a detailed comparison between > S and R to help me understand R better even if I use books for S? > > > >> I don't find a tutorial on S3. "Bengtsson.pdf" cites MASS (1999 > >> edition). However, I don't think that MASS (2002 edition) clearly > >> explain what S3 is and help a user who knew very little about S3 to > >> quickly understand it. Could somebody let me know if there are some > >> better learning materials to help me smooth the learning curve? > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > -- > > Giovanni Petris > > Dept of Mathematical Sciences > > University of Arkansas > > definetti.uark.edu/~gpetris > > (479) 575-6324, 575-8630 (Fax) > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]