Dear R helpers,
Almost 15 days back I have become member of this very active and wonderful
group. So far I have been only raising queries and in turn got them solved too
and I really thank for the spirit this group member show when it comes to the
guidance.
I wish to learn R language and I have given 2 months time for this. Can anyone
please guide me as how do I begin i.e. from basics to advance.
R is such a vast thing to learn, so I wish to learn it step by step without
getting lost at any stage.
Please guide me where do I start and upgrade myself to higher level step by
step.
Regards
Julia
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Julia, see http://www.r-project.org/ -> Documentation -> Manuals (-> An introduction to R) (or use: http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html) for a starting point. In addition, you might want to check the annotated list of books to see which one might best fit your needs: http://www.r-project.org/doc/bib/R-books.html You might also want to browse through the FAQs at some stage, you can learn a lot of useful things there. Or look additionally into the Wiki, if that's more your style of learning. You see, plenty of options from which you'd need to select the one that best meets your requirements. HTH, Michael> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org > [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Julia Cains > Sent: Montag, 30. November 2009 08:23 > To: r-help at r-project.org > Subject: [R] Learning R > > Dear R helpers, > > Almost 15 days back I have become member of this very active > and wonderful group. So far I have been only raising? queries > and in turn got them solved too and I really thank for the > spirit this group member show when it comes to the guidance. > > I wish to learn R language and I have given 2 months time for > this. Can anyone please guide me as how do I begin i.e. from > basics to advance. > > R is such a vast thing to learn, so I wish to learn it step > by step without getting lost at any stage. > > Please guide me where do I start and upgrade myself to higher > level step by step. > > Regards > > Julia > > > > ************************************************ > > > > Only a man of Worth sees Worth in other men > > > > ************************************************ > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >
Hi Julia, I would really recommend reading a book on R. A good option might by the "Introductory statistics with R" by Peter Dalgaard, or the MASS (Modern Applied Statistics with S) book. The advantage of a book is that it presents a coherent overview, saving you time to wade through the enormous amount of information available. The wiki, FAQ and such are far more useful if you have a good understanding of the basics in R. What also helps if to find someone at your work, university or such that has experience with R. I learned a lot from colleagues, and now I can sometimes helps someone else out. cheers and good luck! Paul Julia Cains wrote:> Dear R helpers, > > Almost 15 days back I have become member of this very active and wonderful group. So far I have been only raising queries and in turn got them solved too and I really thank for the spirit this group member show when it comes to the guidance. > > I wish to learn R language and I have given 2 months time for this. Can anyone please guide me as how do I begin i.e. from basics to advance. > > R is such a vast thing to learn, so I wish to learn it step by step without getting lost at any stage. > > Please guide me where do I start and upgrade myself to higher level step by step. > > Regards > > Julia > > > > ************************************************ > > > > Only a man of Worth sees Worth in other men > > > > ************************************************ > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Drs. Paul Hiemstra Department of Physical Geography Faculty of Geosciences University of Utrecht Heidelberglaan 2 P.O. Box 80.115 3508 TC Utrecht Phone: +3130 274 3113 Mon-Tue Phone: +3130 253 5773 Wed-Fri http://intamap.geo.uu.nl/~paul
These are some good resources for learning R: Quick-R - http://www.statmethods.net/>From Data to Graphics - http://zoonek2.free.fr/UNIX/48_R/03.htmlUCLA Resources to help you learn and use R - http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/r/ Good luck! -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Learning-R-tp931099p931210.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Julia Cains wrote:> Dear R helpers, > > Almost 15 days back I have become member of this very active and wonderful group. So far I have been only raising queries and in turn got them solved too and I really thank for the spirit this group member show when it comes to the guidance. > > I wish to learn R language and I have given 2 months time for this. Can anyone please guide me as how do I begin i.e. from basics to advance. > > R is such a vast thing to learn, so I wish to learn it step by step without getting lost at any stage. > > Please guide me where do I start and upgrade myself to higher level step by step. > > Regards > > JuliaI heard some time back that O'Reilly is coming out with a book on R .. not sure if that's out yet, or how good it might be. Worth looking into ... Esmail ps: Just checked, 'R in a Nutshell': http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596801717 release date dec 2009/jan 2010
Dear Julia, Welcome. It is good that you wish to learn more about R. R has certainly become very vast in the last few years. Do you wish to learn R for a particular reason (financial analyses, multivariate, prediction/classification, genetics)? You might get more targeted reading materials, books and websites to follow up. Regards, Adai Julia Cains wrote:> Dear R helpers, > > Almost 15 days back I have become member of this very active and wonderful group. So far I have been only raising queries and in turn got them solved too and I really thank for the spirit this group member show when it comes to the guidance. > > I wish to learn R language and I have given 2 months time for this. Can anyone please guide me as how do I begin i.e. from basics to advance. > > R is such a vast thing to learn, so I wish to learn it step by step without getting lost at any stage. > > Please guide me where do I start and upgrade myself to higher level step by step. > > Regards > > Julia > > > > ************************************************ > > > > Only a man of Worth sees Worth in other men > > > > ************************************************ > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >
Hi Julia: I am sure that you will find many useful resources as you attempt to learn R. If time permits, please look at the Tegrity-based video that I?ve prepared for my students: http://tegrity1.acast.nova.edu/tegrityUtils/GetCourseListing.aspx?Session_In fo=7KmTs8Wkvvr0/Q0TsCfcur4RNGDvBGYk0jY+RNouoFosZ5zARrXkT5Sh6Kna2HKM The video is about one hour in length, it is specific to the needs of beginners, and it covers the type of concerns that you post in your message. If you do not have prior experience with Tegrity-based videos, you can easily show the entire screen just by clicking on the screen maximize icon, on the right side of the screen. You can then toggle between full screen and partial screen by using the Escape (Esc) key. Good luck with R and your program of studies. However, you may want to allow for more than two months to learn R, even if you are a quick study. Best wishes. Dr. Thomas W. MacFarland ----- Thomas W. MacFarland, Ed.D. Senior Research Associate; Institutional Effectiveness and Associate Professor Nova Southeastern University Voice 954-262-5395? Fax 954-262-3970? tommac at nsu.nova.edu Julia Cains wrote:> Dear R helpers, > > Almost 15 days back I have become member of this very active and wonderfulgroup. So far I have been only raising queries and in turn got them solved too and I really thank for the spirit this group member show when it comes to the guidance.> > I wish to learn R language and I have given 2 months time for this. Cananyone please guide me as how do I begin i.e. from basics to advance.> > R is such a vast thing to learn, so I wish to learn it step by stepwithout getting lost at any stage.> > Please guide me where do I start and upgrade myself to higher level stepby step.> > Regards > > Julia >-----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of r-help-request at r-project.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 6:00 AM To: r-help at r-project.org Subject: R-help Digest, Vol 82, Issue 1 Send R-help mailing list submissions to r-help at r-project.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to r-help-request at r-project.org You can reach the person managing the list at r-help-owner at r-project.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of R-help digest..."