Awhile back there was a lengthy discussion regarding R GUI's for teaching, etc. I was wondering if anyone has set up the web page which was to be dedicated to this issue. Philippe Grosjean had the idea of creating a R-GUI projects page. Also, is anyone using a "R-GUI" (for windows) for teaching basic statistics to students doing applied science degrees? Something based perhaps on Tcl/Tk. This is especially for students with limited computer experience (apart from using Excel) and they will use R only for 10 hours as part of a one semester course. What they need a simple way to enter data (as most have used Excel a spreadsheet is what I am looking for) and then easily menu driven access to functions (such as t-tests) and simple graphics (Histograms, line graphs (xy plots)). Of course, these students would still need to understand what they are doing and why they used particular methods, when assessing functions by the menu. Peter ------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Ho Departamento de Ci?ncias de Engenharia e Tecnologia Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gest?o Instituto Polit?nico de Viana do Castelo Avenida do Atl?ntico- Apartado 574 4901-908 Viana do Castelo Email: peter at estg.ipvc.pt -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- 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 _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
> What they need a simple way to enter data (as most have used Excel a > spreadsheet is what I am looking for)At least on some platforms, data.entry() will fulfill that purpose. -- Wolfgang Viechtbauer -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- 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 _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
>>>>> On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 14:14:02 +0100, >>>>> Peter Ho (PH) wrote:> Awhile back there was a lengthy discussion regarding R GUI's for > teaching, etc. I was wondering if anyone has set up the web page which > was to be dedicated to this issue. Philippe Grosjean had the idea of > creating a R-GUI projects page. Also, is anyone using a "R-GUI" (for > windows) for teaching basic statistics to students doing applied science > degrees? Something based perhaps on Tcl/Tk. This is especially for > students with limited computer experience (apart from using Excel) and > they will use R only for 10 hours as part of a one semester course. What > they need a simple way to enter data (as most have used Excel a > spreadsheet is what I am looking for) and then easily menu driven access > to functions (such as t-tests) and simple graphics (Histograms, line > graphs (xy plots)). Of course, these students would still need to > understand what they are doing and why they used particular methods, > when assessing functions by the menu. As primary maintainer of R's web pages: I'd be more than happy to support an effort like this by providing webspace, i.e., if somebody sets up a couple of web pages etc. I can easily integrate them into www.R-project.org (or redirect to another site from us). But somebody else has to write and administer the pages :-) Best, Fritz -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- 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 _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._