Hi Mike, The book makes use of .csv files, which are provided, along with all R code and .RData files.
You have an interesting thought about people pulling data from diverse sources and making everyday use of R. For this, I would suggest using Excel or Google Docs Spreadsheets to compile and organize the data. Afterwards, the dataset could be exported as a .csv file for use in R. John > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:53:58 -0800 >> From: j...@johnmquick.com >> To: r-help@r-project.org >> Subject: [R] Statistical Analysis with R Beginner's Guide Book >> >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I'm writing to announce my new R beginner's guide book and answer questions >> related to it. >> >> The primary focus of Statistical Analysis with R is helping new users become >> accustomed to R and empowering them to apply R to suit their own needs. It >> is a beginner's guide written for a broad audience and should be well >> received by businesspeople, IT professionals, researchers, and students >> alike. Statistical Analysis with R takes readers on a journey from their > > I guess I would just mention, not having looked at your links, that it > may not be out of place to include information on scraping data from > various sources that may be of interest to more casual amateur users. > A number of people ask about data input from places like yahoo and > the Forbes article someone posted suggests people do use R for home > and personal usage. Often the data most interesting to this audience > may not be known to them or getting it into R could be a challenge. > > Personally I'd like to create a bigger audience to encourage various > agencies, including the IRS for example, to make more open and free to > use API's. > >> first installation and launch of R, to analyzing and assessing data, to >> communicating and visualizing results. You can >> http://rtutorialseries.blogspot.com/2010/11/r-beginners-guide-book-update.html >> learn more about the book on my R Tutorial Series blog. The book itself can >> be found on the http://link.packtpub.com/or7f1u Packt Publishing website . >> >> If you have questions about the book, such as its content coverage, >> approach, audience, etc., please respond and I will do my best to clarify. >> >> Sincerely, >> John M. Quick >> >> >> ----- >> John M. Quick >> >> * http://rTutorialSeries.blogspot.com R Tutorial Series Blog >> * http://link.packtpub.com/or7f1u R Beginner's Guide >> * http://www.johnmquick.com www.johnmquick.com >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Statistical-Analysis-with-R-Beginner-s-Guide-Book-tp3076991p3076991.html >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@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. > ______________________________________________ R-help@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.
