Re: [R] R Beginner - Need Perhaps 5 - 10 Minutes of R User Time to Learn Few Basics

[Ista Zahn]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:45 AM, PIKAL Petr  wrote:
> Hi
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-
>> project.org] On Behalf Of Zach Feinstein
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 2:57 PM
>> To: r-help@r-project.org
>> Subject: [R] R Beginner - Need Perhaps 5 - 10 Minutes of R User Time to
>> Learn Few Basics
>>
>> I have finally decided that I will learn R and learn it very well. For
>
> If you really decided to invest in learning R you shall first read R-Intro 
> documentation especially chapters 2 and 3 and 1.11.
>
> Eventually you could read whole 102 pages document. It shall not take you 
> more than a week and after that you will be able to do quite sophisticated 
> analysis.
>
> I do not know Rstudio or Rattle but once you taste R console way maybe 
> together with some suitable editor (I use Tinn-R) you will hardly need any 
> GUI add-on.

Rstudio basically gives you a suitable editor and an R console, albeit
in an IDE layout. It is what I recommend for newbies who don't already
know emacs.

Best,
Ista

>
> Regards
> Petr
>
>> now I am using a program that a friend of mine developed to do some
>> advanced statistical analyses. I downloaded RStudio to my machine.
>> [Perhaps RStudio is not the best platform to work from -  I have heard
>> that Rattle is sort of the new standard.] I have so far been able to
>> highlight the rows of the code that I wish to run, but then I somehow
>> turned off seeing the output. I also cannot find where I would locate
>> the output window. Yes, frustrated.
>>
>> Would any kind soul be interested in helping kickstart my R learning? I
>> have JoinMe installed on my machine so I figure we can do it
>> interactively. It should not take more than a few minutes. I am already
>> very experienced with both C and VBA languages as well as SPSS syntax
>> so there is not much need to worry about me being too much of a novice.
>>
>> Thank you very much in advance.
>>
>> Zach Feinstein
>> zfeinst...@isgmn.com<mailto:zfeinst...@isgmn.com>
>> (952) 277-0162
>> (612) 590-4813 (mobile)
>>
>>
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Re: [R] R Beginner - Need Perhaps 5 - 10 Minutes of R User Time to Learn Few Basics

[PIKAL Petr]

Hi

> -Original Message-
> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Zach Feinstein
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 2:57 PM
> To: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: [R] R Beginner - Need Perhaps 5 - 10 Minutes of R User Time to
> Learn Few Basics
> 
> I have finally decided that I will learn R and learn it very well. For

If you really decided to invest in learning R you shall first read R-Intro 
documentation especially chapters 2 and 3 and 1.11.

Eventually you could read whole 102 pages document. It shall not take you more 
than a week and after that you will be able to do quite sophisticated analysis.

I do not know Rstudio or Rattle but once you taste R console way maybe together 
with some suitable editor (I use Tinn-R) you will hardly need any GUI add-on.

Regards
Petr

> now I am using a program that a friend of mine developed to do some
> advanced statistical analyses. I downloaded RStudio to my machine.
> [Perhaps RStudio is not the best platform to work from -  I have heard
> that Rattle is sort of the new standard.] I have so far been able to
> highlight the rows of the code that I wish to run, but then I somehow
> turned off seeing the output. I also cannot find where I would locate
> the output window. Yes, frustrated.
> 
> Would any kind soul be interested in helping kickstart my R learning? I
> have JoinMe installed on my machine so I figure we can do it
> interactively. It should not take more than a few minutes. I am already
> very experienced with both C and VBA languages as well as SPSS syntax
> so there is not much need to worry about me being too much of a novice.
> 
> Thank you very much in advance.
> 
> Zach Feinstein
> zfeinst...@isgmn.com<mailto:zfeinst...@isgmn.com>
> (952) 277-0162
> (612) 590-4813 (mobile)
> 
> 
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Re: [R] R Beginner - Need Perhaps 5 - 10 Minutes of R User Time to Learn Few Basics

[John Kane]

This is not an R question per se.  It really seems like an RStudio question.  
They have their own help forum and it is probably best to ask there.  

My first thought was that you had just closed the output window in RStudio but 
in my version, 0.97.449 under Ubuntu 13.10 the window automatically opens when 
you send a command to R.

You have not said what operating system you are using. If in Windows, IIRC, you 
can just open an RGui or RTerminal and work there.  Just open the script in a 
text editor and paste it (preferably line-by-line) and see what happens.  
Actually just type in something like 1 + 1 and see what happens

In Linux open a terminal window, start R and do the same. No idea about Macs

This way you will get an idea if the R installation or the RStudio installation 
is likely the culprit.

It sounds like a faulty RStudio installation to me but who knows. An RStudio 
session should look more or less like this http://www.rstudio.com/ide/ . If you 
don't have those four panels then you have an RStudio problem.

John Kane
Kingston ON Canada


> -Original Message-
> From: zfeinst...@isgmn.com
> Sent: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:57:17 +
> To: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: [R] R Beginner - Need Perhaps 5 - 10 Minutes of R User Time to
> Learn Few Basics
> 
> I have finally decided that I will learn R and learn it very well. For
> now I am using a program that a friend of mine developed to do some
> advanced statistical analyses. I downloaded RStudio to my machine.
> [Perhaps RStudio is not the best platform to work from -  I have heard
> that Rattle is sort of the new standard.] I have so far been able to
> highlight the rows of the code that I wish to run, but then I somehow
> turned off seeing the output. I also cannot find where I would locate the
> output window. Yes, frustrated.
> 
> Would any kind soul be interested in helping kickstart my R learning? I
> have JoinMe installed on my machine so I figure we can do it
> interactively. It should not take more than a few minutes. I am already
> very experienced with both C and VBA languages as well as SPSS syntax so
> there is not much need to worry about me being too much of a novice.
> 
> Thank you very much in advance.
> 
> Zach Feinstein
> zfeinst...@isgmn.com<mailto:zfeinst...@isgmn.com>
> (952) 277-0162
> (612) 590-4813 (mobile)
> 
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Re: [R] R Beginner - Need Perhaps 5 - 10 Minutes of R User Time to Learn Few Basics

[Mitchell Maltenfort]

Bert:

 Yet another reason I'm a fan of Frank Harrell. Does anyone know when
I get to buy the next edition of Regression Modeling Strategies?

Zach: Check www.coursera.org. They have some nice R-centric classes.
I signed up myself since my own R skills are self-taught.  Also
consider investing in some of the excellent R texts available such as
"The R Book" or "The R Primer"





Ersatzistician and Chutzpahthologist
I can answer any question.  "I don't know" is an answer. "I don't know
yet" is a better answer.


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Bert Gunter  wrote:
> Type the following into your console window:
>
> install.packages("fortunes")
> library(fortunes)
> fortune("brain surgery")
>
> (It's not quite apposite, but close enough).
>
> Cheers,
> Bert
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Zach Feinstein  wrote:
>> I have finally decided that I will learn R and learn it very well. For now I 
>> am using a program that a friend of mine developed to do some advanced 
>> statistical analyses. I downloaded RStudio to my machine. [Perhaps RStudio 
>> is not the best platform to work from -  I have heard that Rattle is sort of 
>> the new standard.] I have so far been able to highlight the rows of the code 
>> that I wish to run, but then I somehow turned off seeing the output. I also 
>> cannot find where I would locate the output window. Yes, frustrated.
>>
>> Would any kind soul be interested in helping kickstart my R learning? I have 
>> JoinMe installed on my machine so I figure we can do it interactively. It 
>> should not take more than a few minutes. I am already very experienced with 
>> both C and VBA languages as well as SPSS syntax so there is not much need to 
>> worry about me being too much of a novice.
>>
>> Thank you very much in advance.
>>
>> Zach Feinstein
>> zfeinst...@isgmn.com
>> (952) 277-0162
>> (612) 590-4813 (mobile)
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
>
> Bert Gunter
> Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics
>
> (650) 467-7374
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Re: [R] R Beginner - Need Perhaps 5 - 10 Minutes of R User Time to Learn Few Basics

[Bert Gunter]

Type the following into your console window:

install.packages("fortunes")
library(fortunes)
fortune("brain surgery")

(It's not quite apposite, but close enough).

Cheers,
Bert


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Zach Feinstein  wrote:
> I have finally decided that I will learn R and learn it very well. For now I 
> am using a program that a friend of mine developed to do some advanced 
> statistical analyses. I downloaded RStudio to my machine. [Perhaps RStudio is 
> not the best platform to work from -  I have heard that Rattle is sort of the 
> new standard.] I have so far been able to highlight the rows of the code that 
> I wish to run, but then I somehow turned off seeing the output. I also cannot 
> find where I would locate the output window. Yes, frustrated.
>
> Would any kind soul be interested in helping kickstart my R learning? I have 
> JoinMe installed on my machine so I figure we can do it interactively. It 
> should not take more than a few minutes. I am already very experienced with 
> both C and VBA languages as well as SPSS syntax so there is not much need to 
> worry about me being too much of a novice.
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Zach Feinstein
> zfeinst...@isgmn.com
> (952) 277-0162
> (612) 590-4813 (mobile)
>
>
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-- 

Bert Gunter
Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics

(650) 467-7374

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[R] R Beginner - Need Perhaps 5 - 10 Minutes of R User Time to Learn Few Basics

[Zach Feinstein]

I have finally decided that I will learn R and learn it very well. For now I am 
using a program that a friend of mine developed to do some advanced statistical 
analyses. I downloaded RStudio to my machine. [Perhaps RStudio is not the best 
platform to work from -  I have heard that Rattle is sort of the new standard.] 
I have so far been able to highlight the rows of the code that I wish to run, 
but then I somehow turned off seeing the output. I also cannot find where I 
would locate the output window. Yes, frustrated.

Would any kind soul be interested in helping kickstart my R learning? I have 
JoinMe installed on my machine so I figure we can do it interactively. It 
should not take more than a few minutes. I am already very experienced with 
both C and VBA languages as well as SPSS syntax so there is not much need to 
worry about me being too much of a novice.

Thank you very much in advance.

Zach Feinstein
zfeinst...@isgmn.com
(952) 277-0162
(612) 590-4813 (mobile)


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