Re: [R] two questions for R beginner

2010-03-02 Thread David Winsemius
On Mar 2, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Paul Hiemstra wrote: Brandon Zicha wrote: Hey Paul, Hey Brandon, (adding R-help in the cc) I agree with you that the documentation of R could be better, especially with more examples in code showing not only the common cases, but also more esoteric cases. It w

Re: [R] two questions for R beginner

2010-03-02 Thread Paul Hiemstra
Brandon Zicha wrote: Hey Paul, Hey Brandon, (adding R-help in the cc) I agree with you that the documentation of R could be better, especially with more examples in code showing not only the common cases, but also more esoteric cases. It would be great if everyone invested a lot of time to w

Re: [R] two questions for R beginner

2010-03-02 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
guess. ~~ --- On Tue, 3/2/10, Brandon Zicha wrote: From: Brandon Zicha Subject: Re: [R] two questions for R beginner To: r-help@r-project.org Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 12:31 PM >>> What were your biggest misconce

Re: [R] two questions for R beginner

2010-03-02 Thread Karl Ove Hufthammer
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:31:45 +0100 Brandon Zicha wrote: > Easy. I terms of materials I have been unable to find good books that > introduce users to R from the perspective of someone familiar only > with packages like SPSS or STATA, Have you read these books: R for SAS and SPSS Users http:/

Re: [R] two questions for R beginner

2010-03-02 Thread Paul Hiemstra
Brandon Zicha wrote: What were your biggest misconceptions or stumbling blocks to getting up and running with R? Easy. I terms of materials I have been unable to find good books that introduce users to R from the perspective of someone familiar only with packages like SPSS or STATA, or not f

Re: [R] two questions for R beginner

2010-03-02 Thread Brandon Zicha
What were your biggest misconceptions or stumbling blocks to getting up and running with R? Easy. I terms of materials I have been unable to find good books that introduce users to R from the perspective of someone familiar only with packages like SPSS or STATA, or not familiar with statist