[R] ANNOUNCEMENT: 20% Discount on R books from Chapman Hall/CRC Press

2007-03-05 Thread Calver, Rob
Take advantage of a 20% discount on the most recent R books from Chapman Hall/CRC! Chapman and Hall/CRC is pleased to offer our latest books on R - all available through our website at a 20% discount to users of the software. To take advantage of this permanent offer, that is valid across

[R] ANNOUNCEMENT: 20% Discount on the Latest R Books from Chapman Hall/CRC Press

2006-10-31 Thread Calver, Rob
Take advantage of a 20% discount on the most recent R books from Chapman Hall/CRC! Chapman and Hall/CRC is pleased to offer the latest books on R - all available through our website at a 20% discount to users of the software. To take advantage of this offer that is valid across the board

[R] Books

2006-06-18 Thread Anderson de Rezende Rocha
Dears, I saw in the R-project site some R-books. However, I'm new in this community and I didn't figure out what are the best books. Can you suggest me some reference books? My intentions with R is concerned to Artificial Intelligence simulations, Classification and general Statistics (e.g

Re: [R] Books

2006-06-18 Thread Paul Artes
Dear Anderson, I'd highly recommend Modern Applied Statistics with S (4th Ed., by WN Venables BD Ripley). This has lots and lots of material on the topics of your interest. Best wishes Paul -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Books-t1807065.html#a4926486 Sent from the R

Re: [R] Books

2006-06-18 Thread J Dougherty
On Sunday 18 June 2006 08:27, Anderson de Rezende Rocha wrote: Dears, I saw in the R-project site some R-books. However, I'm new in this community and I didn't figure out what are the best books. Can you suggest me some reference books? My intentions with R is concerned to Artificial

[R] ANNOUNCEMENT: 20% discount on new R books from Chapman Hall/CRC

2006-02-02 Thread Robert.Calver
20% discount on four new R books from Chapman Hall/CRC Chapman and Hall/CRC is pleased to announce the publication of four new books on R, all available through our website at 20% discount to users of R. To take advantage of this permanent offer, which is valid across all of our R books

[R] books about MCMC to use MCMC R packages?

2005-09-23 Thread Molins, Jordi
Dear list users, I need to learn about MCMC methods, and since there are several packages in R that deal with this subject, I want to use them. I want to buy a book (or more than one, if necessary) that satisfies the following requirements: - it teaches well MCMC methods; - it is easy to

Re: [R] books about MCMC to use MCMC R packages?

2005-09-23 Thread Christophe Pouzat
Hello, I don't know yet of any book which presents MCMC methods with R examples so I can't answer to this part of your question. But I can suggest some general references (see the attached BibTeX file for details): My favorite starting point is Radford Neal review from 1993, you can

Re: [R] books about MCMC to use MCMC R packages?

2005-09-23 Thread Christophe Pouzat
This is the same mail as the previous one with a visible bibliography this time (sorry)... Hello, I don't know yet of any book which presents MCMC methods with R examples so I can't answer to this part of your question. But I can suggest some general references (see the attached BibTeX file

Re: [R] books about MCMC to use MCMC R packages?

2005-09-23 Thread Christophe Pouzat
Hi Jordi, As far as implementions are concerned the book of Bernd Berg seems to be the closest to what you're looking for. You can find a link to the Fortran codes implementing the methods he describes from his web site: http://www.csit.fsu.edu/~berg/ There is also a nice reference for the

Re: [R] books about MCMC to use MCMC R packages?

2005-09-23 Thread Tony Plate
I've found Bayesian Data Analysis by Gelman, Carlin, Stern Rubin (2nd ed) to be quite useful for understanding how MCMC can be used for Bayesian models. It has a little bit of R code in it too. -- Tony Plate Molins, Jordi wrote: Dear list users, I need to learn about MCMC methods, and

[R] Books on survival analysis and R/S

2005-03-24 Thread Göran Broström
I will be giving a course in survival analysis using R (of course!) for people who know nothing about the subject (including R), but know basic statistics. I'm looking for a suitable course book. Therneau Grambsch (2000) is an excellent book, but too much for this course. I need somthing more

Re: [R] Books on survival analysis and R/S

2005-03-24 Thread Tobias Verbeke
- Oorspronkelijk bericht - Van : Göran Broström [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden : donderdag , maart 24, 2005 10:40 AM Aan : r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Onderwerp : [R] Books on survival analysis and R/S I will be giving a course in survival analysis using R (of course!) for people who

[R] Books

2004-03-05 Thread Ronaldo Reis Jr.
Hi, I am seeking some books about spatial statistics and mixed models using R. I need books that approach binomial (proportion and binary) and poisson (count) data. The books will be used basically for ecologist. Would anybody have suggestions? Thank you Ronaldo -- Newton's

[R] books: Programming with Data: A Guide to the S Language vs. S Programming

2004-02-25 Thread Vadim Ogranovich
Hi, Could someone please compare Programming with Data: A Guide to the S Language by J. Chambers and S Programming by W. Venables and B. Ripley? Ideally, I need a guide for writing R OO-style packages that intensively interact with C/C++ libraries. The specific project I have in mind is to

RE: [R] books:

2004-02-25 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Feb 2004 12:42:13 -0800 From: Vadim Ogranovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: R Help List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] books: Programming with Data: A Guide to the S Language vs. S Programming Hi, Could someone please compare Programming with Data: A Guide to the S Language by J. Chambers

Re: [R] Books for R

2003-08-18 Thread Jason Turner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then the best book is Venables Ripley (2002) for R. A.S. Agreed. VR (2002) also cites Bates Pinheiro's Mixed Effects Models in S and S-PLUS (2000) is particularly good for linear and non-linear mixed-effects models. Highly recommended. Cheers Jason -- Indigo

[R] Books for R

2003-08-14 Thread anne
As a newbie to R, I need to learn my way around (no previous experience of S).What books, doc for R are recommended? I'm interested primarly in non linear regression and process modelling (and have downloaded the R documentation from the site). Thanks for all tips Anne

Re: [R] Books for R

2003-08-14 Thread Ko-Kang Kevin Wang
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, anne wrote: As a newbie to R, I need to learn my way around (no previous experience of S).What books, doc for R are recommended? I'm interested primarly in non linear regression and process modelling (and have downloaded the R documentation from the site). So you have

Re: [R] Books for R

2003-08-14 Thread alessandro . semeria
Then the best book is Venables Ripley (2002) for R. A.S. Alessandro Semeria Models and Simulations Laboratory Montecatini Environmental Research Center (Edison Group), Via Ciro Menotti 48, 48023 Marina di Ravenna (RA), Italy Tel. +39 544 536811 Fax. +39 544 538663

Re: [R] Books for R

2003-08-14 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
This is covered in the FAQ. The most comprehensive accounts of non-linear regression I know of are in Chambers Hastie (1992, for S) and Venables Ripley (2002 and earlier editions, for R or S). On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, anne wrote: As a newbie to R, I need to learn my way around (no previous

[R] books

2003-06-17 Thread Federico Calboli
Dear All, using R is noticed that I would benefit by going back to the books and refresh my linear algebra and calculus. Has anybody suggestions on which books are better as reference on the two these two topics? I was thinking to get Lang's A First Course in Calculus, but I I have no idea

Re: [R] books

2003-06-17 Thread Wolski
Hi! There are two great books available for free over the internet. Jim Hefferon Linear Algebra. and Elementary Linear Algebra by K.R Matthews. Eryk. Ps.: www.google.com *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 6/17/2003 at 2:14 PM Federico Calboli wrote: Dear All, using R is noticed

Summary: [R] books on categorical data analyses

2003-01-27 Thread Ramon Diaz
Dear All, I received several helpful replies to my original query (reproduced below); thanks to Frank Harrell, Paul Hewson, Pat Althman, and Chunlou Yung. Basically, I was directed to Laura Thompsons' S-PLUS manual for Agresti's 1990 Categorical Data Analysis (available from