Re: [R] Choice of text for intermediate level R programming course

2013-02-02 Thread Harris Butler
I recommend The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design, by Norman Matloff, No Starch Press. It is only 40 bucks so your students will appreciate that. As far as content goes, it covers just about everything, you can view a sample chapter, detailed ToC, and index at the websit

[R] Choice of text for intermediate level R programming course

2013-02-01 Thread William Grove
The Subject line mostly says it. I'm designing it as a semester-long, 3 hours per week, course that takes in students who got the basics of R in stats classes, but don't really know how to program in it. Translation: if their own examples don't look enough like examples from previous work, they'