[R] Introductory statistics and introduction to R
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? Thanks, Marsh Feldman __ 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.
Re: [R] Introductory statistics and introduction to R
Dear Marsh, 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? Short answer: Yes. The long answer is also Yes. (Not really, it depends on what you mean by 'get through'.) Also, do you have other suggestions for texts, manuals, web sites, etc. that would introduce statistics and R simultaneously? Have you seen this? http://rwiki.sciviews.org/doku.php?id=books:intrstat Good luck, Jay *** G. Jay Kerns, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Mathematics Statistics Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 44555-0002 USA Office: 1035 Cushwa Hall Phone: (330) 941-3310 Office (voice mail) -3302 Department -3170 FAX VoIP: gjke...@ekiga.net E-mail: gke...@ysu.edu http://people.ysu.edu/~gkerns/ __ 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.
Re: [R] Introductory statistics and introduction to R
Hi Marsh, I taught an intro to R course and have posted all the materials up on the web: http://psych-swiki.colorado.edu:8080/LearnR. Most learning in R comes from doing, not reading, and that's how I structured my course. All the lectures/HWs can be done individually, and the keys are there to check how at least I solved the problems. A good intro R book would definitely be of help as well. Best of luck, Matt On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:16 AM, G. Jay Kerns gjke...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Marsh, 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? Short answer: Yes. The long answer is also Yes. (Not really, it depends on what you mean by 'get through'.) Also, do you have other suggestions for texts, manuals, web sites, etc. that would introduce statistics and R simultaneously? Have you seen this? http://rwiki.sciviews.org/doku.php?id=books:intrstat Good luck, Jay *** G. Jay Kerns, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Mathematics Statistics Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 44555-0002 USA Office: 1035 Cushwa Hall Phone: (330) 941-3310 Office (voice mail) -3302 Department -3170 FAX VoIP: gjke...@ekiga.net E-mail: gke...@ysu.edu http://people.ysu.edu/~gkerns/ __ 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. -- Matthew C Keller Asst. Professor of Psychology University of Colorado at Boulder www.matthewckeller.com __ 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.
Re: [R] Introductory statistics and introduction to R
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.
