Re: [Rd] education task view

2008-07-04 Thread Ted Byers
Having just started using R, after almost 30 years writing my own code (in fortran or C++) to do stats as needed, I don't really know what these "Task Views" are, but from what I can infer from what the two of you have written, it seems to me that the beginning of the process to produce an educatio

Re: [Rd] education task view

2008-07-04 Thread G. Jay Kerns
Dear Achim, On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Achim Zeileis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I read your subject line, I thought: Yes, good idea. But reading > through your suggestions I realized that it might a bit difficult to define > what should go in there and what not. Yes, agreed. > >

Re: [Rd] education task view

2008-07-04 Thread Achim Zeileis
Jay, thanks for your suggestion and for the effort you already put into this. I have had it in my mind for some time now that a Task View related to R and education might be a good thing. When I read your subject line, I thought: Yes, good idea. But reading through your suggestions I realize

[Rd] education task view

2008-07-03 Thread G. Jay Kerns
Dear R-Devel, I have had it in my mind for some time now that a Task View related to R and education might be a good thing. There are currently 19 Task Views, covering a broad spectrum of general topics for which R may be used. The homepage lists 64 books related to R, and several of them have a