I don't know the book but I doubt that it is a good way to learn R. I'd suggest having a look at some of the documentation available on the R site. Click on Other (in left column of page) have a look there and then select the " contributed documentation" link to get more documentation. Have a look at some of these offerings before buying any books.
The on-line "Introduction to R" (Click on Manuals) is also very useful although I found that it was more useful after I had a basic understanding of R than as an intro for a complete novice who is not a statistician. Oh yes, it's also much easer to use in PDF form than in the HTML format. --- On Wed, 5/13/09, AG <computing.acco...@googlemail.com> wrote: > From: AG <computing.acco...@googlemail.com> > Subject: [R] [OT?]R Reference Manual review/recommend > To: R-help@r-project.org > Received: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 4:55 PM > Hello all > > I am looking to learn R and was thumbing through volume 1 > of "R reference manual - Base Package". I'm sorry if > this is ludicrously silly to ask, but is this book worth the > investment as a good way to learn how to use R? > > AG > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ______________________________________________ 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.
