Why did you not go to CRAN and follow links there, which would get you to: http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/
-- Bert Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics (650) 467-7374 "Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge is certainly not wisdom." H. Gilbert Welch On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.igno...@inbox.com> wrote: > Dear friends, > > OK, I did not think that it would ever come down to this, but I am > here with a question on what would be the best point-and-click approach > to using R in the classroom in a way that the students can also follow > and exhibit (on their own). > > So let me explain: I am teaching an introductory-level statistics class > for introductory first- and second-year civil and industrial > engineering students. This is a basic class following the book (not > important): Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis by Stephen B. > Vardeman and John Marcus. The class is very basic, and has > traditionally relied on JMP and Excel (less prevalent) to illustrate > data examples. I don't want to use either because I am a proponent of > OSS, and also because I find these two too cumbersome to handle. Also, > I don't think I have the time (and the students do not have the > inclination, I am told) to handle even basic interactive programming. > So, I was wondering if people with more experience would have > suggestions on what would be best to use. > > I apologize if this has been discussed quite a bit here, but as I said > before, I did not think that it would come to this, so I basically did > not pay much attention. > > Thanks very much for suggestions and experiences! > Best wishes, > Ranjan > > > > -- > Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be > deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. > For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use > appropriate addresses. > > ____________________________________________________________ > GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM & EMAIL - Learn more at > http://www.inbox.com/smileys > Works with AIM®, MSN® Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, ICQ®, Google Talk™ and > most webmails > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.