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Software: Using R

Installing and Using R

The following is the link to CRAN, the principal R site where you can download the program:

http://cran.r-project.org/
Basic instructions on installing R are in the course syllabus.

The following document explains how to use R with the OLI course site:
soci252_RwithOLI.pdf
The following is a link to the AfifiClark data set used for examples in the soci252_RwithOLI.pdf:
AfifiClark.RData
A list of variables in the AfifiClark data set is at:
AfifiClark.html

References on R

The site Quick-R by Robert Kabacoff has many helpful instructions on using R, from elementary to advanced topics.

Kabacoff has also authored a book on R called R in Action that I think is the best of its kind. The Quick-R site explains  how to purchase the book at a substantial discount.
The second, revised edition is supposed to appear at end of May 2015.

This is a link to tutorial notes on R by John Verzani. The notes were later substantially revised and published as a book that I highly recommend: Verzani, John. 2014. Using R for Introductory Statistics. (2nd edition.) Chapman & Hall/CRC.
John Verzani's notes



Last modified 13 May 2015