Go the R home page and click on Manuals, click on Books and click on Download in the left hand column.
google for R Contributed Documentation and take the first hit. (To those who maintain the R home page -- this should be listed in the left hand column as well.) Also read the posting guide referenced at the bottom of every post to r-help. On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:20 AM, Jay Mistry<jayc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > First-off, I apologize if this is the wrong list to post to, but I would > like to install and try out 'R', as an alternative to 'SAS' . As a newbie, > could you pl let me know about the following (in terms of online resources > and print books) > > I have previously used SAS/BASE in a Biostatistics/ Epidemiology (Public > Health) class, and familiar with very basic terminology and SAS-BASE use. > > 1) Basics of 'R' > > 2) Where to download & How to install it on Windows (XP), and any needed > add-on modules (for Data Analysis and Biostatistics procedures) + others > similar to ODS of SAS. > > 2) Any print/ online documentation for the beginning user of R. > > Thanks, > > Jay > > [[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.