Re: [R] Getting Started

2017-01-10 Thread Dalthorp, Daniel
By "contribute", do you mean you have a package (or potential package) that you'd like to share? Or do you have something else in mind? -Dan On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Lakshya Agrawal wrote: > Hello, > I would like to contribute to R i have gone over the development page but > could find

Re: [R] Getting Started

2017-01-10 Thread Bert Gunter
You obviously know little about R or you would not have asked that question. So heeding Jim's advice is clearly your first step. A second would be to read the "Writing R extensions" manual to learn about R packages. A third would be to check out the CRAN task views to get a sense of what's availabl

Re: [R] Getting Started

2017-01-10 Thread Jim Lemon
Hi Lakshya, One good way to contribute is to try to do something in R, and if you see a way to do it better or more easily, you may have an improvement that will find its way into R. This usually involves a lot of discovering that someone else has already done it, but as your knowledge of R expands

[R] Getting Started

2017-01-10 Thread Lakshya Agrawal
Hello, I would like to contribute to R i have gone over the development page but could find anything on how to get started .Please can someone help me getting started. Sorry if i have overlooked something. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _

Re: [R] getting started in parallel computing on a windows OS

2013-04-29 Thread Benjamin Caldwell
Martin, This worked, thanks again! *Ben Caldwell* Graduate Fellow University of California, Berkeley 130 Mulford Hall #3114 Berkeley, CA 94720 Office 223 Mulford Hall (510)859-3358 On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Benjamin Caldwell wrote: > Thanks for this martin. I'll start retooling and l

Re: [R] getting started in parallel computing on a windows OS

2013-04-25 Thread Benjamin Caldwell
Thanks for this martin. I'll start retooling and let you know how it goes. Ben Caldwell Graduate fellow On Apr 24, 2013 4:34 PM, "Martin Morgan" wrote: > On 04/24/2013 02:50 PM, Benjamin Caldwell wrote: > >> Dear R help, >> >> I've what I think is a fairly simple parallel problem, and am getting

Re: [R] getting started in parallel computing on a windows OS

2013-04-24 Thread Martin Morgan
On 04/24/2013 02:50 PM, Benjamin Caldwell wrote: Dear R help, I've what I think is a fairly simple parallel problem, and am getting bogged down in documentation and packages for much more complex situations. I have a big matrix (30^5,5]. I have a function that will act on each row of that matr

[R] getting started in parallel computing on a windows OS

2013-04-24 Thread Benjamin Caldwell
Dear R help, I've what I think is a fairly simple parallel problem, and am getting bogged down in documentation and packages for much more complex situations. I have a big matrix (30^5,5]. I have a function that will act on each row of that matrix sequentially and output the 'best' result from t

Re: [R] getting started with R and mysql

2012-08-08 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 08/08/2012 18:42, Michael Friendly wrote: I have a mysql database I installed on my Ubuntu server, and I'm trying to figure out how to access and analyze it from a Win XP machine running R 2.15.1. I thought that RMySQL was the way to go. (Is there an easier way?) I tried to follow the instruc

Re: [R] getting started with R and mysql

2012-08-08 Thread Curt Seeliger
> I have a mysql database I installed on my Ubuntu server, and I'm trying > to figure out how to access and analyze it > from a Win XP machine running R 2.15.1. > > I thought that RMySQL was the way to go. (Is there an easier way?) We use RODBC. Is there a reason that won't work? cur -- Curt

[R] getting started with R and mysql

2012-08-08 Thread Michael Friendly
I have a mysql database I installed on my Ubuntu server, and I'm trying to figure out how to access and analyze it from a Win XP machine running R 2.15.1. I thought that RMySQL was the way to go. (Is there an easier way?) I tried to follow the instructions at http://www.r-bloggers.com/installi

[R] Getting started with Bayesian Change Point model in R

2012-06-21 Thread Kendra Karr
Hi- I am interested in running the BCP model in R and I am also new to R. My main issue is how to ask a specific questions within the script for this model, i.e., how one or multiple dependent factors (blue) are interact with the dependent factor (yellow), and nest the question do categorical fa

Re: [R] Getting Started

2011-07-21 Thread Rainer Schuermann
cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.pdf cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Paradis-rdebuts_en.pdf cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Verzani-SimpleR.pdf cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Lemon-kickstart/kr_intro.html https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help On Thursday 21 July 2011 10:46:43 Varsha Ag

Re: [R] Getting Started

2011-07-21 Thread Paul Hiemstra
On 07/21/2011 05:16 AM, Varsha Agrawal wrote: > I am a new user and want to learn R from the most basic level. > > Suggest me a reading or a link. Googling 'R introduction' lead to a great number of interesting links. Also take a look at CRAN, primarily the documentation sections. Books related t

[R] Getting Started

2011-07-20 Thread Varsha Agrawal
I am a new user and want to learn R from the most basic level. Suggest me a reading or a link. Thanks Varsha P.S. I would appreciate if you could also send me the link where I can read questions and answers posted by others. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ___

Re: [R] Getting started

2010-06-08 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
The author's site is here: http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/research/mjcraw/therbook/ and you can read the file right off his site like this: URL <- "http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/research/mjcraw/therbook/data/Gain.txt"; gg <- read.table(URL, header = TRUE) On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Andrew Kelly wrote:

[R] Getting started

2010-06-08 Thread Andrew Kelly
Hi,) I am just getting started with R but have hit an early snag. I am working through Crawley (2008) The R Book and on page 6, 'Significance Stars', I am trying to enter the commands given. However, 'Gain.txt' does not seem to have been downloaded when I downloaded the R programme. I have sear

Re: [R] Getting Started with Bayesian MCMC

2010-04-14 Thread Greg Snow
3, 2010 5:50 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Getting Started with Bayesian MCMC > > Hi all, > > I would like to start to use R's MCMC abilities to compute answers in > Bayesian statistics. I don't have any specific problems in mind yet, > but I wou

Re: [R] Getting Started with Bayesian MCMC

2010-04-13 Thread Shige Song
Hi Ben, Before you begin playing with BUGS/JAGS, there are several native R packages that deal with a wide variety of Bayesian models that worth considering. Among many others, I find MCMCpack, DPpackage, and MCMCglmm very useful (and convenient). Best, Shige On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Ben

[R] Getting Started with Bayesian MCMC

2010-04-13 Thread Ben
Hi all, I would like to start to use R's MCMC abilities to compute answers in Bayesian statistics. I don't have any specific problems in mind yet, but I would like to be able to compute/sample posterior probabilities for low-dimensional custom models, as well as handle "standard" Bayesian cases l

Re: [R] Getting started,

2009-03-26 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Try this: library(zoo) library(chron) my.url <- "http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/data/Business_day/H15_ED_M1.txt"; z <- read.zoo(my.url, skip = 8, header = TRUE, sep = ",", na.strings = "ND", strip.white = TRUE, FUN = as.chron) plot(z[1:50,]) # or to plot with NAs interpolate

Re: [R] Getting started,

2009-03-26 Thread jim holtman
In answer to your first question, your statement should be: date_vec = as.Date(data_download[1:50,1],"%m/%d/%Y") Notice the capital "Y"; lower case says the year is only 2 digits, so you were pickup up the '19' from the date. Use 'plot(..., type='l')' for a line plot. Your data is being read in

[R] Getting started,

2009-03-26 Thread gug
Hello, First of all, I'm new to R and I don't have anyone who already knows the language to ask for tips, so please excuse my ignorance. I'm trying to download data direct from the Federal Reserve statistics website and graph it, using the following: #This downloads the data from the Fe

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-20 Thread Rthoughts
Thank you very much, everybody. The scale of responses of depth of guidance is overwhelming. All this will help me to become an expert in no time! I have a while yet as I am still collecting data for my PhD project but when I start statistical data analysis, thanks to all of you, I will know what

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread Mark Difford
Hi Rthoughts, Yes, I see now that they truly are (just) Rthoughts;) but take courage, for we are getting closer (to the start). You still need to read the basic documentation, and you will get used to the command line. What I think you need is a package called Rcmdr. So, start R using your des

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread My Coyne
ED] On Behalf Of Rthoughts Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:52 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Getting started help Hi Mark, Thank you for the reply. I meant the command prompts to start an R file. To be followed on by importint data I can then use to practise the software with. The

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread Rthoughts
Hi Mark, Thank you for the reply. I meant the command prompts to start an R file. To be followed on by importint data I can then use to practise the software with. The installation did put an icon on teh desktop. I am a very skilled user of computers but command lines for many programs is somet

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread Mark Difford
Hi Rthoughts, It isn't clear what you mean. When you install R, the installation program usually puts an icon on your desktop that you can click on to run the program. So, if you don't have that, but have installed R, and what you mean is, "How do I start the R program?" or "How do I run R?" th

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread Rthoughts
Hi Mark, Thank you for your reply. There is one link I haven't come across, the last one. I have seen them but I couldn't find where 'how to start R' is explained for Windows platforms. I will look further into them. As for everyone else who sent e-mails, thank you. I have printed them out and

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread gatemaze
Hi, if I may further add it would be very helpful if you get a book on R from your library... the introductory chapters should be very much helpful as all of them start on how to simply start R, load your data files, etc etc The deepness and power of R is well beyond any other software, but yo

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread Mark Difford
Hi Rthoughts, >> I am currently discouraged by the use of r. I cannot figure out how to >> use it despite >> extensive searches. Can anyone help me with getting started? How can >> import >> a txt file with series... There are piles of documents that you could (and should) read. I am surprised

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread ONKELINX, Thierry
surgery of suppositions. ~M.J.Moroney -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Rthoughts Verzonden: dinsdag 19 februari 2008 13:54 Aan: r-help@r-project.org Onderwerp: [R] Getting started help Hello, I need to learn to use r-software for my PhD research

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread Donatas G.
I have found several resources very helpful: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Paradis-rdebuts_en.pdf http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/Getting-Started-with-the-Rcmdr.pdf Donatas On Tuesday 19 February 2008 15:14:19 jim holtman rašė: > I have no idea what "numbers form the RAD7 ma

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread Donatas G.
I have been asking these same questions here on this list half a year before. You will probably find what you need by following this link and the subsequent discussion: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2007-July/136162.html Donatas On Tuesday 19 February 2008 15:14:19 jim holtman rašė: >

Re: [R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread jim holtman
I have no idea what "numbers form the RAD7 machine" look like, but there is a whole section on importing data in the user manual. 'read.table' is a start. To change directories, use 'setwd'. To start a new R session on Windows, just setup a shortcut to RGUI.exe. Most of this is covered in the do

[R] Getting started help

2008-02-19 Thread Rthoughts
Hello, I need to learn to use r-software for my PhD research project involving long timelines of radon radiation variations. I am using windows. I am currently discouraged by the use of r. I cannot figure out how to use it despite extensive searches. Can anyone help me with getting started? How