R help - Feb 2006 - R training courses

Hi All,

 

I am interested in learning about people's experience with R training or
courses. What worked, what didn't? What do you recommend?

 

Also, if there any groups or individuals that have and can offer R
training courses, please contact me directly. I would like to learn
about your services.

 

Thanks for your input and help. Please feel free to contact me directly.

 

 

Russ

 

 

Russell Walker, Ph.D.

 

Senior Strategist

 

CapitalOne Financial, Inc.

 

1500 Capital One Drive

 

Richmond, VA 23238 USA

 

Internal Zip 12074-0340

 

External +1 804 855-3512 

 

russell.walker@capitalone.com

 

 








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I am also looking for this kind of courses. Any suggestion will be greatly 
appreciated. Lucy

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Walker, Russell wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I am interested in learning about people's experience with R training
or
> courses. What worked, what didn't? What do you recommend?
>
>
>
> Also, if there any groups or individuals that have and can offer R
> training courses, please contact me directly. I would like to learn
> about your services.
>
>
>
> Thanks for your input and help. Please feel free to contact me directly.
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> Russ
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> Russell Walker, Ph.D.
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> Senior Strategist
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> CapitalOne Financial, Inc.
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> 1500 Capital One Drive
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> Richmond, VA 23238 USA
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> Internal Zip 12074-0340
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> External +1 804 855-3512
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> russell.walker at capitalone.com
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> The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and...{{dropped}}
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On Thursday 02 February 2006 18:05, Walker, Russell
wrote:
> I am interested in learning about people's experience with R training
or
> courses. What worked, what didn't? What do you recommend?
In the last few years I have been doing several short (around 10 hours) 
courses on Data Mining using R. I've prepared them around the same ideas
that
guide the unfinished book I'm writing on the same topic 
(http://www.liacc.up.pt/~ltorgo/DataMiningWithR/) , that is learning by case 
studies. I think that for a tool like R, with a learning curve that people 
tend to think as kind of steep, and for short courses, the hands on approach 
is a good means to motivate students. This obviously requires properly 
equipped classrooms but that is not difficult to get nowadays, particularly 
when using free software as R. The feedback I got from these courses was 
quite good and several students came back to me later on with further 
questions which is a good indication that they continued their involvement 
with R. 

These courses were usually organized by proving short, non-demanding 
introductions to the key concepts, and then followed by longer hands on 
sessions where students try by themselves with real case studies. Because of 
this I tend to prefer a short number of students (15-25) to increase the 
interaction during the hands on parts. Still, I gave this course at last year 
ACAI summer school (http://www.ktschool.org/) and eventhough there where 
about 50 students the course was successful.

Regarding topics I tend to start by simple case studies where I can illustrate 
basic concepts of data analysis using R together with the language itself, 
and then select larger cases studies depending on the interests of the 
audience.

Luis 

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    FEP/LIACC, University of Porto   Phone : (+351) 22 339 20 93
    Machine Learning Group           Fax   : (+351) 22 339 20 99
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