Re: [R] The R Book - great resource for R beginners

2007-11-30 Thread Robert Harris
It was not my intention to start any kind of war. I do want to thank Katharine Mullen for sharing to link to the review in R News. It helps me understand why there might be some controversy over my positive experience with The R Book. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm working my through th

Re: [R] The R Book - great resource for R beginners

2007-11-30 Thread Deepayan Sarkar
On 11/30/07, Uwe Ligges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tom La Bone wrote: > > IMHO "The R Book" is far better than indicated in that review and should be > > near the top of the list for beginners looking for a "manual" for R. > > We can start a big war about that book now, but we should discuss

Re: [R] The R Book - great resource for R beginners

2007-11-30 Thread Uwe Ligges
Tom La Bone wrote: > IMHO "The R Book" is far better than indicated in that review and should be > near the top of the list for beginners looking for a "manual" for R. We can start a big war about that book now, but we should discuss useful things instead. I am currently reviewing this book for

Re: [R] The R Book - great resource for R beginners

2007-11-29 Thread Tom La Bone
IMHO "The R Book" is far better than indicated in that review and should be near the top of the list for beginners looking for a "manual" for R. Tom Katharine Mullen wrote: > > It was reviewed in the most recent R News > (http://www.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2007-2.pdf). > > On Thu, 29 No

Re: [R] The R Book - great resource for R beginners

2007-11-29 Thread Katharine Mullen
It was reviewed in the most recent R News (http://www.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2007-2.pdf). On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Robert Harris wrote: > Hi all, > > I've recently discovered "The R Book" by Micheal J. Crawley. I am new to R > and I am finding it incredibly useful. > > With my background in m

[R] The R Book - great resource for R beginners

2007-11-29 Thread Robert Harris
Hi all, I've recently discovered "The R Book" by Micheal J. Crawley. I am new to R and I am finding it incredibly useful. With my background in math and programming, I expected that I would be able to pick it up quickly, but even after reading several other intro books, I found it was still ha