Patrick Burns escribió:
* What were your biggest misconceptions or
stumbling blocks to getting up and running
with R?
* What documents helped you the most in this
initial phase?
I especially want to hear from people who are
lazy and impatient.
Feel free to write to me off-list. Definitely
write off-list if you are just confirming what
has been said on-list.
Perhaps my biggest problem was that I couldn't (and still haven't) seen
*absolute beginners* documents. It took me about six months to start
using R for my everyday data analysis, and now I can't imagine life
without it!
My problem was that I knew some programming (Java) and had never used a
command line for statistics. All my statistical needs had been
accomplished through the graphical interface of SPSS or similar software
(even Excel!). I have a feeling that almost all "Introduction to R"
documents are made for making the switch from SPSS and SAS scripting, to
R. But I have had a very difficult time using R as an *entry level*
statistical scripting language to help my colleagues (none of us are
either programmers nor statisticians, mostly biology PhDs and a couple
of MDs).
I would love to see a text oriented towards someone who has never used
anything but Excel, but realizes that to do science today you have to go
beyond the "Data analysis" toolbar from Excel.
(Plese tell me if you know of any)
Best to all,
Keo.
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