On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Marsh Feldman <marshfeld...@cox.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a bright, diligent second-year graduate student who wants to learn > statistics and R and will, in effect, be taking a tutorial from me on these > subjects. (If you've seen some of my questions on this list, please don't > laugh.) As an undergrad he majored in philosophy, so this will be his first > foray into computer programming and statistics. > > I'm thinking of having him use "Introductory Statistics with R" by Peter > Dalgaard, but I'm unable to tell if the book requires calculus. I don't > think this student knows calculus, so this would be a deal breaker. Can > someone tell me if my student can get through this book starting out with > just knowledge of algebra? > > Also, do you have other suggestions for texts, manuals, web sites, etc. that > would introduce statistics and R simultaneously? >
You could give him this list of free online documents: http://cran.r-project.org/other-docs.html and have him try a few and pick the one he likes best. The one by Owen, for example, is quite good and he could start with that. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
