Antony Unwin wrote:
> This email isn't asking for assistance, but I thought R-help readers
> would find it interesting. This week we offered a half-day
> introduction to R for researchers at Augsburg University. The
> response was astonishing. Although Augsburg has no medical faculty
> and no engineers, there was far too much demand, with interest from
> every faculty (barring theology, "for one small village of indomitable
> Gauls still holds out against the R invaders" --- perhaps that should
> be obdurate rather than indomitable) and we had participants from
> computer science, geography, physics, law, linguistics, education,
> sociology, marketing, psychology, finance, ...
>
> The course itself went very well. We encouraged people to bring their
> laptops and work in groups. Using JGR as the interface to R helped a
> lot, as it was easier for people to load their own data and use the
> help. Of course, JGR is compulsory in Augsburg. Giving everyone a
> Butterbreze (a local delicacy) halfway through may have contributed to
> the good humour of the course as well!
>
> Statistics doesn't always have a positive image. I can recommend
> running an R course as one way of making a good impression.
>
>
> Antony Unwin
> Professor of Computer-Oriented Statistics and Data Analysis,
> Mathematics Institute,
> University of Augsburg,
> 86135 Augsburg, Germany
> Tel: + 49 821 5982218
> http://stats.math.uni-augsburg.de/
>
This is great to hear Antony, and you did a very nice job in setting up
the workshop. Terri Scott in our department runs an R clinic each week
in which anyone at the university can bring questions. We have had
physicians, psychologists, and sociologists show up. This kind of
interest is gratifying.
For your audience I also suggest using R Commander.
Frank
--
Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
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