On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 03:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > I'd be interested in your opinions of the book > > "Introductory Statistics with R" by Peter Dalgaard > > Does it well describe the R object concept, the language itself and > statistical aspects (I am not a statistician)?
The title of the book is accurate. It's concerned mostly with introducing statistics gently, and is very kind to non-statisticians. It teaches enough R to perform the statistics it teaches (table of contents should be available online from your favorite online bookstore), but doesn't get deeply into the language itself. I find it a good book for a gentle introduction; once you're past the stage of needing it, it's a good "loaner" to coleagues who don't yet use R. "Here, borrow this for a week, and if you find it helps, buy a copy". After graduating from this book, the next sensible purchase is "Modern Applied Statistics with S" (Venables and Ripley). Cheers Jason -- Indigo Industrial Controls Ltd. http://www.indigoindustrial.co.nz +64-(0)21-343-545 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help