Hi Mike, The book makes use of .csv files, which are provided, along with all R code and .RData files. You have an interesting thought about people pulling data from diverse sources and making everyday use of R. For this, I would suggest using Excel or Google Docs Spreadsheets to compile and organize the data. Afterwards, the dataset could be exported as a .csv file for use in R. John
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:53:58 -0800 From: john at johnmquick.com To: r-help at r-project.org Subject: [R] Statistical Analysis with R Beginner's Guide Book Hi Everyone, I'm writing to announce my new R beginner's guide book and answer questions related to it. The primary focus of Statistical Analysis with R is helping new users become accustomed to R and empowering them to apply R to suit their own needs. It is a beginner's guide written for a broad audience and should be well received by businesspeople, IT professionals, researchers, and students alike. Statistical Analysis with R takes readers on a journey from their
I guess I would just mention, not having looked at your links, that it may not be out of place to include information on scraping data from various sources that may be of interest to more casual amateur users. A number of people ask about data input from places like yahoo and the Forbes article someone posted suggests people do use R for home and personal usage. Often the data most interesting to this audience may not be known to them or getting it into R could be a challenge. Personally I'd like to create a bigger audience to encourage various agencies, including the IRS for example, to make more open and free to use API's.
first installation and launch of R, to analyzing and assessing data, to communicating and visualizing results. You can http://rtutorialseries.blogspot.com/2010/11/r-beginners-guide-book-update.html learn more about the book on my R Tutorial Series blog. The book itself can be found on the http://link.packtpub.com/or7f1u Packt Publishing website . If you have questions about the book, such as its content coverage, approach, audience, etc., please respond and I will do my best to clarify. Sincerely, John M. Quick ----- John M. Quick * http://rTutorialSeries.blogspot.com R Tutorial Series Blog * http://link.packtpub.com/or7f1u R Beginner's Guide * http://www.johnmquick.com www.johnmquick.com -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Statistical-Analysis-with-R-Beginner-s-Guide-Book-tp3076991p3076991.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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