S Language Workshop

Bill Venables Robert Gentleman Ross Ihaka Paul Murrell
Bill Venables Robert Gentleman Ross Ihaka Paul Murrell

This two day workshop aims to take participants from intermediate to advanced proficiency in working with the S environment. Topics to be covered include:

  • Advanced S Programming
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Statistical Modelling
  • Statistical Graphics

We have the expertise to offer more specialist topics such as bio-informatics, advanced graphics, time-series forecasting, etc. Let us know your interests and we will see if we can accommodate you.

The workshop will provide a mix of lecture presentation and practical computing experience. The lectures will be conducted by world-class experts in the use of the S environment. Those conducting sessions include:

  • Bill Venables (CSIRO, Australia)
  • Robert Gentleman (Harvard University)
  • Ross Ihaka (University of Auckland)
  • Paul Murrell (University of Auckland)

Materials

Bill Venables

Robert Gentleman

Ross Ihaka

Paul Murrell

Slides (pdf)
Slides (ppt)

Data

animals.txt
banknote.txt
beaujolais.txt
Burworms.ssc
cloud.txt
elderly.txt
forearm.txt
geyser.txt
houses.csv
houses.txt
house.txt
IntroductiorySession.prn
iowheat.txt
janka.txt
oil.txt
sahweat.txt
sugar.txt
sunsp.txt

Classproj (pdf)
Classtproj (tex)
Container (pdf)
Container (R)
Container (tex)
Inclass (tex)
l11 (R)
Methods (pdf)
Methods (tex)
Moreplot (R)
Plots (R)
S4Objects (pdf)
S4Object (Rnw)
Triangle (R)
XY (R)
XY Methods (R)

Lecture (pdf)
examples.txt

README

Exercises

ex (pdf)
ex (S)
model (pdf)
model (S)

Handouts

base (pdf)
base (S)

Slides

Slides (pdf)