You can also try the R for SAS and SPSS users at http://rforsasandspssusers.com/
in case you are an existing user of analytics software...its quite user friendly. Regards, Ajay www.decisionstats.com Douglas MacArthur - "We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction." On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Simon Pickett <simon.pick...@bto.org>wrote: > R is not as daunting as it first seems and you might get by without having > to get formal training. > > Speaking as someone who taught themselves to use R for statistics, graphics > and data manipulation, I found that the "Introduction to R" book (the small > yellow one) and the numerous pdfs available online are fantastic and walk > you through the very basics (the one by Emanuel Paradis is excellent). > > So, as long as you can read and understand English there are alot of free > resources out there (maybe there are some of these already translated to > other languages, I dont know). > > It is a steep learning curve, but once you get to grips with the basics, > I've found that I can find out everything else I need to know by searching > these archives... > > Hope this helps, > > Simon Pickett. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uwe Ligges" < > lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > To: "xavier ordoñez" <rlistxa...@gmail.com> > Cc: "R help" <r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:24 AM > Subject: Re: [R] I need course in R > > > > >> >> xavier ordoñez wrote: >> >>> I am interested to take a course in R. Someone know of some course in >>> europe >>> for the first semester of the next year?. >>> >> >> Yes, some, but hard to suggest commercial companies or universities and >> certain courses, because it depends on so many facts: >> >> - the languages you understand >> - the European regions that are fine for you to travel to >> - the level and kind of R stuff you expect in the course (basics, >> applications in a certain field, or "just" programming) >> - your a priori knowledge about statistics >> >> Best wishes, >> Uwe Ligges >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Happy Year >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Xavier >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> >> >> > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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