Bare-Bones R

"A terrific intro book! I′ll recommend it to any class I teach in which I use R." -- Gary McDonald
Not comprehensive enough for the purpose of this introductory class -- Dr Christopher Karadjov * drupal *
Usefull for enttry level students but it needs to include a chapter on EDA and another on a couple of more advanced topics such as Regression and ANOVA. -- Dr Christos Makrigeorgis * drupal *
"strongly recommended" reading for my Data Analysis course. It helps the students navigate the first few weeks of the semester" -- Dr Fernando De Paolis * drupal *
I haven′t decided to jump into the R "pool" just yet. I am still considering having my online social statistics students use R so I am carefully working my way through the book with the hope that I will switch from SPSS to R in the not too distant future. R is a much more cost effective way to teach stats in the online environment." -- Dr John Rausch * drupal *
Too difficult for the students I teach -- Dr Lianjun Zhang * drupal *
Bare-Bones really does describe this book. There really is nothing in it. -- Dr Vonda Walsh * drupal *
It′s a little TOO bare bones for my course. Also, half of the very brief book was on R Commander, which I don′t use and don′t think is a good idea for students to use. R Commander is difficult to install on the operating system I use, and that many of my student use (Mac OS X). I′ve tried R Commander, but it just puts another level of abstraction between students and data. I have too many colleagues who think that data analysis means hunting and clicking your way through menus of canned statistical procedures. We should not foster this attitude in students. Take out the material on R Commander and beef up the section on command line R, and this could be a very useful supplement to a statistics text. -- Dr William King * drupal *
Quality of the book was low (e.g., pixelated images) and the coverage too sparse. There is a need for this kind of book, but the book would need to be much more comprehensive (e.g., by covering the breadth of what I cover in an intro stats class) to be worth requiring. -- Kyle E Jennings * drupal *
I have not made up my mind yet, but the 3 options (adopted, not adopted, awaiting feedback) do not allow me to indicate this. -- Mr Jeff Mullis * drupal *
Content can be found fairly easily online so cost is not justified. -- Mr Rafael Garcia * drupal *
It does not fit my class well. -- Professor Xiaogang Deng * drupal *