How popular is R? Since it is free, there are no sales figures
at hand, and there are multiple download options. When looking
at blogs and internet discussions, R eclipses all others. When
looking at job postings, SAS is mentioned most often (40 mentions
in KDNuggets job ads in 2010), while R is moving up (14 mentioned).
If you'd like to get started with R and learn how to use it as a
statistical computing package with (mainly) a command line
interface, consider taking Dr. John Verzani's online course
"Introduction to R – Statistical Analysis,” May 20 – June 17
at statistics.com. (We also offer courses that take the full
"programming language" approach to R; see below.)
Upcoming Courses:
Apr 15: R Programming
Apr 22: Microarray Analysis in R
Apr 29: R Graphics
*May 20: Introduction to R – Statistical Analysis (more below)
Aug 19: Modeling in R
Sep 16: Introduction to R - Data Handling
*The course "Introduction to R – Statistical Analysis” covers
how to use R to summarize and graph data, calculate confidence
intervals, test hypotheses, assess goodness-of-fit, and perform
linear regression. Prior familiarity with R is not assumed.
John Verzani is a member of the faculty at the College of Staten
Island of the City University of New York, and the author of
"Using R for Introductory Statistics" (CRC Press), on which
this course is based. His research interests and publications
are in the area of superprocesses. Participants can ask
questions and exchange comments with Dr. Verzani via a private
discussion board throughout the period.
Details:
http://www.statistics.com/courses/using-r/Rstatistics/
The course takes place online at statistics.com in a series
of 4 weekly lessons and assignments, and requires about
15 hours/week. Participate at your own convenience; there
are no set times when you are required to be online.
Peter Bruce
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