On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:42:18 -0500 Tanya Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I've been trying to familiarize myself with the computing tools of the trade > (e.g. SAS, R, Perl, LaTex) and I've been getting somewhere with the individual > programs, but I'm trying to get a better sense of how to integrate these > tools. I'd like to use scripts and create reports in a more organized way. Can > anyone recommend books or, better yet free online articles, on this topic? > Maybe I should be a little more specific about what I do: I'm a research > assistant in clinical epidemiology doing mainly data management and analysis. > I do a number of repetitive tasks like updating a research database from the > original clinic database and other sources, create reports, create graphical > output for individual patients, as well as work on individual research > projects. Unfortunately I am not working closely with 'real' statisticians who > have probably developped good work habits using these tools. Any advice on > 'the big picture' would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > > Tanya Murphy > Take a look at the following: http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat/teaching/statcomp/notes.pdf http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat/s/doc/splus.pdf http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat/teaching/statcomp http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat/presentations/feh/clinreport/dmcreport.pdf For statistical reports you have chosen well, in considering intergrating R and LaTeX. The Alzola-Harrell text also covers a bit about using make and Perl to run scripts (to get data from SAS to R, run R, etc.). -- Frank E Harrell Jr Prof. of Biostatistics & Statistics Div. of Biostatistics & Epidem. Dept. of Health Evaluation Sciences U. Virginia School of Medicine http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
