[R] teaching R

Erich Neuwirth erich.neuwirth at univie.ac.at
Thu Aug 27 21:51:20 CEST 2009


And if your students are used to work with Excel (on Windows) and will
have data in Excel, consider RExcel (more info at rcom.univie.ac.at)
which among other things gives you the R Commander menu
as an Excel menu.

Disclaimer: I am the author of RExcel.


David L Carlson wrote:
> I'd suggest looking at Rcmdr by John Fox
> (http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/). I use it to introduce
> anthropology students to R for statistical analyses. It is a graphical user
> interface that lets students quickly begin using R to run statistical
> analyses. It includes a command window so you can access functions that are
> not included in the menu structure. Think of it as training wheels (and
> more) for beginners. 
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> David L Carlson
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> Associate Professor of Anthropology
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> Texas A&M University
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> College Station, TX 77843-4352
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