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I need course in R

4 messages · xavier ordoñez, Uwe Ligges, Simon Pickett +1 more

Uwe Ligges
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xavier ordo?ez wrote:
Yes, some, but hard to suggest commercial companies or universities and 
certain courses, because it  depends on so many facts:

- the languages you understand
- the European regions that are fine for you to travel to
- the level and kind of R stuff you expect in the course (basics, 
applications in a certain field, or "just" programming)
- your a priori knowledge about statistics

Best wishes,
Uwe Ligges
Simon Pickett
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R is not as daunting as it first seems and you might get by without having 
to get formal training.

Speaking as someone who taught themselves to use R for statistics, graphics 
and data manipulation, I found that the "Introduction to R" book (the small 
yellow one) and the numerous pdfs available online are fantastic and walk 
you through the very basics (the one by Emanuel Paradis is excellent).

So, as long as you can read and understand English there are alot of free 
resources out there (maybe there are some of these already translated to 
other languages, I dont know).

It is a steep learning curve, but once you get to grips with the basics, 
I've found that I can find out everything else I need to know by searching 
these archives...

Hope this helps,

Simon Pickett.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Uwe Ligges" <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
To: "xavier ordo?ez" <rlistxavor at gmail.com>
Cc: "R help" <R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [R] I need course in R