Re: [R] Whether statistical background is must to learn R language

2016-05-31 Thread Jeff Newmiller
In every activity, knowing something about it allows you to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. There are non-statistical uses of programming languages, so you could use it for domains you are familiar with. Or you could see some intriguing statistical analysis and study in that area to

Re: [R] Whether statistical background is must to learn R language

2016-05-31 Thread Michael Dewey
Dear Prasad If you want to use R to do statistics then statistical knowledge is essential. If you want to use R to do one of the many, many other things it can do then you only need knowledge of whichever of those is your target. On 31/05/2016 08:22, Prasad Kale wrote: Hi, I am very new to

Re: [R] Whether statistical background is must to learn R language

2016-05-31 Thread James Henson
[mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Prasad >> Kale >> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 9:23 AM >> To: R-help@r-project.org >> Subject: [R] Whether statistical background is must to learn R language >> >> Hi, >> >> I am very new to R and jus

Re: [R] Whether statistical background is must to learn R language

2016-05-31 Thread PIKAL Petr
Prasad > Kale > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 9:23 AM > To: R-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Whether statistical background is must to learn R language > > Hi, > > I am very new to R and just started learning R. But i am not from statistical > background so can i

Re: [R] Whether statistical background is must to learn R language

2016-05-31 Thread John McKown
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 2:22 AM, Prasad Kale wrote: > Hi, > > I am very new to R and just started learning R. But i am not from > statistical background so can i learn R or to learn R statistical > background is must. > ​Well, I got a B.Sc. in Math back many years

[R] Whether statistical background is must to learn R language

2016-05-31 Thread Prasad Kale
Hi, I am very new to R and just started learning R. But i am not from statistical background so can i learn R or to learn R statistical background is must. Please guide. Thanks in Advance Prasad [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __