I haven't seen the first book (DAAG) mentioned so far, I have it and think it's very good. Anyway, I recommend you buy all R books (and perhaps take some extra time off to study them): your employer can well afford that, given the cash you're saving by not using proprietary software.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zembower, Kevin > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:08 AM > To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] Book recommendation for newbie to stats and R? > > I'm trying to learn statistics and R at the same time. I have an > undergraduate science degree and one year of calculus (30 years ago), > but never took a stats course. I hope to take some stats > courses in the > next year, but thought I would start to see how much I could teach > myself. > > I work for an organization that analyses behavior change communication > programs regarding HIV/AIDS and reproductive health. A > typical question > we're trying to answer is, "Watching which television > programs in South > Africa is related to an increased use of condoms?" All of our > work is in > the social sciences, I'd say. I'd like to help analyze our > data using R. > > I found these titles that may teach me both stats and R: > --Data Analysis and Graphics Using R by John Maindonald, John Braun > --Introductory Statistics with R by Peter Dalgaard > --Statistics: An Introduction using R by Michael J. Crawley > --Using R for Introductory Statistics by John Verzani > > I recognize some of the authors by their postings here. > > Can anyone recommend any of these books over the others? I'm > interested > in a book that I can learn statistics by reading the chapters and > working out the exercises and problems, therefore having > access to many > or all of the problem solutions is important. > > Do you have any other recommendations for me in learning both R and > stats? Is it an impossible quest to learn enough stats by myself to be > useful in analyzing real data sets? > > Thanks so much for your advice and suggestions. > > Kevin Zembower > Center for Communication Programs > Bloomberg School of Public Health > Johns Hopkins University > www.jhuccp.org > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.