[R] R questions

2005-11-16 Thread Yuying Shi
Dear Sir/Madam, I am a beginner in R. Here is my questions. 1. Can you give me one test for randomness (a name and descriptive paragraph is sufficient). 2. I have learned a uniform random number generator [e.g. not the algorithms: i)Wichmann-Hill, ii) Marsaglia-Multicarry, iii) Super-Duper (Marsa

[R] R questions

2006-09-18 Thread Lynda
I have a few questions for R: 1. Other than using a built-in function such as mean(), how do I know if it is installed in my current version of R? 2. To get help in R, I can use several ways: ?sort help.search("sort") help(sort) apropos("sort") the help menu are there any other ways to get hel

Re: [R] R questions

2005-11-17 Thread Christoph Buser
Hi There is a very good introduction script to R on http://www.r-project.org/ under manuals, including an index of nice functions. For example you will find the basic plots, how to sort vectors and so on. Furthermore have a look at ?RSiteSearch It is very useful to search in R archives for s

Re: [R] R questions

2005-11-17 Thread Uwe Ligges
Yuying Shi wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam, > I am a beginner in R. Here is my questions. > 1. Can you give me one test for randomness (a name and descriptive > paragraph is sufficient). > 2. I have learned a uniform random number generator [e.g. not the > algorithms: i)Wichmann-Hill, ii) Marsaglia-Mult

Re: [R] R questions

2006-09-19 Thread Petr Pikal
ubject: [R] R questions > I have a few questions for R: > > 1. Other than using a built-in function such as mean(), how do I know > if it is installed in my current version of R? see the difference between installed packages (e.g. those you have in your library directory and pa

Re: [R] R questions

2006-09-19 Thread Uwe Ligges
You might want to read Ligges (2003): R Help Desk: Getting Help - R's Help Facilities and Manuals, R News 3(1), 26--28, http://cran.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2003-1.pdf Uwe Ligges Lynda wrote: > I have a few questions for R: > > 1. Other than using a built-in function such as mean(), ho