Re: [R] R course in Scotland

2008-11-21 Thread Richard Cotton
pzs wrote: > > Several people have suggested that I just pick up R and give it a try. > My reluctance to do this is that I am already very familiar with my > current working method (Python + Numpy) and I worry that without a > course I will work in a Python-centric way, which won't be optimal

Re: [R] R course in Scotland

2008-11-21 Thread Peter Saffrey
Thanks to the many people on the list who provided helpful responses, including those who Emailed me directly. Several people have suggested that I just pick up R and give it a try. My reluctance to do this is that I am already very familiar with my current working method (Python + Numpy) and

Re: [R] R course in Scotland

2008-11-21 Thread Heather Turner
Hello Peter, If you want to use R for bioinformatics, you probably want a course using Bioconductor (www.bioconductor.org). To combine with a introduction to R, the following should be good: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/stathelp/courses/statisticalmicroarrayanalysisusingr but some time to wait til

Re: [R] R course in Scotland

2008-11-20 Thread Gustavo Carvalho
Hello, Take a look at this course: http://www.r4all.group.shef.ac.uk/index.html I don't think they teach tools for working with the genome, but it might be helpful anyway. On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Peter Saffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (apologies if this is the wrong list) > > I'm

[R] R course in Scotland

2008-11-20 Thread Peter Saffrey
(apologies if this is the wrong list) I'm a bioinformatician looking for a course in using R, in particular the tools for working with the genome - I've heard they're lightning fast. I'm in Glasgow, but I've tried the Robertson centre for biostatistics and they use minitab. If anybody knows