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eve11 ([personal profile] eve11) wrote2013-02-05 04:04 pm
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Data Geeks!

O'Reilly is offering a free course on the basics of R. With pirates. I've done a few of the modules and I really like the setup for getting a good feel of the command line, data types, etc.

Download R (for free!) here:
http://cran.r-project.org

The tutorial is here:
http://tryr.codeschool.com

(You can try the tutorial without downloading the package)
Also I recommend SimpleR as a good free reference. For anyone who's ever looked at a data set and said, "If only I could plot it that way..."

ETA: I should also say, that for any spot where they use the arrow assignment '<-', you can also just use the equal sign '='

[identity profile] dbskyler.livejournal.com 2013-02-05 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh! I was just thinking that I should look into learning R. And look, resources! :D

[identity profile] a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com 2013-02-05 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Geek out, bb!!

[identity profile] lostrack621.livejournal.com 2013-02-06 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Will the tutorial be up for awhile? As in...can I wait until the weekend until I download it for posterity since I don't possibly have the time to learn something new now?

[identity profile] lostrack621.livejournal.com 2013-02-06 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Ooooh. Cool!!!

As an aside - I will DEFINITELY be bugging you about R in the future, when I am le fin and on my way to a postdoc. :D