Elvis Miller, PhD
2002-Jun-05 07:05 UTC
[R] XLS***R/Splus Courses in London (England) - July 2002
XLSolutions Corporation (xlsolutions-corp.com) is pleased to announce 2 courses in London (England) this summer: **"R/Splus Fundamentals & Programming Techniques"-> July 4-5, 2002 **"R/Splus Programming Techniques II"-----------------> July 11-12, 2002 The "Fundamentals & Programming Techniques" course is designed for those who want to learn to write programs to accomplish typical data-processing tasks, including creating graphics. This 2-day course will give beginners a strong foundation for becoming a versatile programmer, and will expose experienced users to skills that make a better programmer. For Full description see: xlsolutions-corp.com/Rfund.htm **"R/Splus Programming Techniques II"-------------> July 11-12, 2002 This intermediate level course is recommended for statisticians/analysts who have some previous experience using R/S-plus and who wish to hone their skills. Casual users can "fill in the gaps" of their knowledge to make better use of R/S-PLus. This course will focus on advanced graphics, Vectorization, resource management, connecting to C++, introduction to classes and methods (including S4 classes) and statistical modeling. Course Outline: - Overview of R/S-Plus - Comparison of R and S-Plus - How can R Complement SAS? - Data Manipulation and Graphics - Taking advantage of fast objects and fast functions - Using Advanced Lattice/Trellis Graphics - Enhancing Plots - Using High-level Plotting Functions - Writing Functions - Avoiding Loops - Vectorization - Statistical Modeling - Generalized Linear Models - Linear Regression - Survival Analysis - Parametric Models, etc - Project Management - Resource Management - Techniques for Effective use of R and S - Connecting to C++ - Introduction to Classes (S4/S-Plus) and Methods - Building and Distributing Packages (libraries) Price: Early-bird Commercial Delegates: £985 Email us for SPECIAL group academic Delegates fee. Payment is due AFTER the class and early-bird ends June 24. Registration: For more information on UK courses please email sabrina Tyson: sabrina.uk at xlsolutions-corp.com For informaton on summer 2002 courses in North America please email Sue Turner: sue at xlsolutions-corp.com Visit us: xlsolutions-corp.com/training.htm Course Format: This course consists of a series of short lectures with demonstrations and interactive sessions for the participants. Each student is provided with bound copies of the notes and a CD-ROM containing all examples, exercises and software used on the course. Share Your Thoughts: Are there any additional topics you would like for these courses to address? Would you like for these courses to be offered in another city? Please let us know by contributing to our recommendation list: training at xlsolutions-corp.com. ======================================= Please email the Pre-registration Form (R/S-plus London - July 2002) XLsolutions Corporation: For your Solutions needs, Consulting and Training. xlsolutions-corp.com Title...... First Name ................. Last Name.................... Organization.......................................................... Mailing Address....................................................... .................................................................... ..................................................................... Zip Code...................... Country............................. Telephone........................... Fax ............................... E-mail................................................................ Payment will be made by: (1) check (2) invoice (3) bank transfer -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read 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 _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._