R help - Apr 2005 - Course*** S-PLUS / R for SAS users: Complementing and Extending Statistical Computing for SAS Users

XLSolutions Corporation (www.xlsolutions-corp.com) is proud to
announce our May-2005  2-day 

"S-PLUS / R: Complementing and Extending Statistical Computing for SAS
Users" 

www.xlsolutions-corp.com/Rsas.htm

 
**** Boston  ----------------------------------> May 26-27
**** Raleigh ---------------------------------->  TBD
 
Reserve your seat now at the early bird rates! Payment due AFTER
the class.

Course Description:

 This course is designed for users who want to learn how to complement
and extend statistical 
computing of SAS with the S or R system. The course will give SAS users
a strong foundation 
for becoming a versatile programmer. Participants are encouraged to
bring data for interactive sessions


With the following outline:


- An Overview of resources: installation and demonstration, the R
project/core;
 CRAN; the distribution for UNIX and windows systems; the package
concept;
  literature: Venables and Ripley, Chambers and Hastie, other
publications.
- A Comparison of R and S-PLUS
- Quick review of the SAS environment: the OS interface, the data step,
macros, procs, reports. 
   Issues of data archiving with SSD format; interfaces to DBMS
- Data manipulations in S and R (data frame and matrix operations) and
SAS (the data step) -- 
   issues of importing, formatting, transformation, cataloging,
exporting
- Functions vs macros in SAS for programming repetitive processes.
- The iteration models of SAS vs whole-object modeling
-  Statistical modeling support in R/S vs SAS PROCS.
- Integrated documentation and example processing in R/S.
- Post-processing of function output in R/S vs OUTPUT datasets in SAS.
- Specific comparisons: linear modeling, glms, gees, lmes
- Report Writing in R and Splus
- Extending the R/S systems for new data structures and new algorithms


Email us for group discounts.
Email Sue Turner: sue at xlsolutions-corp.com
Phone: 206-686-1578
Visit us: www.xlsolutions-corp.com/training.htm
Please let us know if you and your colleagues are interested in this
classto take advantage of group discount. Register now to secure your
seat!

Interested in R/Splus Advanced course? email us.


Cheers,
Elvis Miller, PhD
Manager Training.
XLSolutions Corporation
206 686 1578
www.xlsolutions-corp.com
elvis at xlsolutions-corp.com