On 27-Aug-08 14:24:31, Charles Annis, P.E. wrote: > There are many books, but if I had to choose one that teaches R > and teaches statistics at the same time (Yes, you already know > stats, so it will be that much easier) I'd choose Peter Dalgaard's > book, Introductory Statistics with R. It's exceptionally well > written, easy to follow, and will systematically teach you R. > It's paperback, not too expensive and available at Amazon. > Start at the front, work all the way through it and you will be > delighted with the results. > > Charles Annis, P.E.
I have to agree with that (especially the "well written" part). Especially, Sagga, already knowing statistics, you will be familiar with what Peter Dalgaard is doing, tatistically, at any point and will therefore be able to follow him easily as he works out how to do it in R; and then you will appreciate the result. The book has a clear divide between the two viewpoints: the view of a person applying statistical procedures (for which brief basic outline descriptions are given), and the point of view of someone who wants to implement these in a programming language. The explanations of how the latter is achieved in R are clear and thorough (for a basic example, see the dicussion of Factors in the first Chapter). Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 27-Aug-08 Time: 16:31:03 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ ______________________________________________ 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.
