On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 03:09, Arne.Muller at aventis.com
wrote:> Hi All,
>
> I'd be interested in your opinions of the book
>
> "Introductory Statistics with R" by Peter Dalgaard
>
> Does it well describe the R object concept, the language itself and
> statistical aspects (I am not a statistician)?
The title of the book is accurate. It's concerned mostly with
introducing statistics gently, and is very kind to non-statisticians.
It teaches enough R to perform the statistics it teaches (table of
contents should be available online from your favorite online
bookstore), but doesn't get deeply into the language itself.
I find it a good book for a gentle introduction; once you're past the
stage of needing it, it's a good "loaner" to coleagues who
don't yet use
R. "Here, borrow this for a week, and if you find it helps, buy a
copy".
After graduating from this book, the next sensible purchase is "Modern
Applied Statistics with S" (Venables and Ripley).
Cheers
Jason
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