0README

tutorial-examples
|-- 0README                   obvious
|-- splusnotes.ps             Venables and Smith (1992) - Notes on S-Plus
|-- venables.s                R (S) commands from Venables and Smith
|-- Rplots.ps                 figures generated by sourcing "venables.s"
`-- morley.data               file of test data 


Pointers to R tutorials and recent webpages and books are found at
the "R project site", the "UCLA R Portal", and elsewhere (try Googling 
tutorial|manual R  environment).


The file "venables.s" in this directory is a collection of S-language
commands, converted for R (not many changes needed), that was used
as a teaching tool for students new to S (or R).  The commands were
picked from the "Notes on S-Plus" (file "splusnotes.ps") written by
Venables and Smith, 1992.  Although perhaps outdated, splusnotes.ps
still is useful as an introduction to the language.  The commands
in venables.ps can be used singly or in small groups by
copy-and-paste into an R window.  The file "morley.data" is accessible
in R with the command "data(morley)".

The file "Rplots.ps" is the set of figures produced by the commands
in venables.s.  It is generated by, from within R, executing the command:
source("venables.s").


John Rupley
 rupley@u.arizona.edu -or- jar@rupley.com
 30 Calle Belleza, Tucson AZ 85716 - (520) 325-4533; fax - (520) 325-4991
 Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Univ. Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721