R for Windows FAQ. Version for R-3.1.0 1 Introduction This FAQ is for the Windows port of R: it describes features specific to that version.
The main R FAQ can be found at The information here applies only to recent versions of R for Windows, (‘3.0.0’ or later). It is biased towards users of 64-bit Windows. 2 Installation and Usage 2.1 Where can I find the latest version? Go to any CRAN site (see for a list), navigate to the bin/windows/base directory and collect the file(s) you need. There are also links on that page to the ‘r-patched’ and ‘r-devel’ snapshots. 2.2 How do I install R for Windows? Current binary versions of R run on Windows XP or later, including on 64-bit versions: See Can I use R on 64-bit Windows?. We only test on versions of Windows currently supported by Microsoft, mainly 64-bit Windows 7 and Server 2008, but to a limited extent on 32-bit XP SP3. Your file system must allow case-honouring long file names (as is likely except perhaps for some network-mounted systems).
‘/DIR="x:\dirname"’ R FAQ. Frequently Asked Questions on R Version 3.1.2014-04-05 Table of Contents 1 Introduction This document contains answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about R. 1.1 Legalese This document is copyright © 1998–2014 by Kurt Hornik. This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Copies of the GNU General Public License versions are available at 1.2 Obtaining this document The latest version of this document is always available from From there, you can obtain versions converted to plain ASCII text, GNU info, HTML, PDF, as well as the Texinfo source used for creating all these formats using the GNU Texinfo system. 1.4 Notation. The Comprehensive R Archive Network. SticiGui: Statistics Tools for Internet and Classroom Instruction with a Graphical User Interface. IPSUR - Introduction to Probability and Statistics Using R. Ebook. This post will eventually grow to hold a wide list of books on statistics (e-books, pdf books and so on) that are available for free download.
But for now we’ll start off with just one several books: The Elements of Statistical Learning written by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani and Jerome Friedman. you can legally download a copy of the book in pdf format from the authors website! Direct download (First discovered on the “one R tip a day” blog)Statistics (Probability and Data Analysis) – a wikibook. Download linkIntroduction to Statistical Thought by Michael Lavine. The book is organized into seven chapters: “Probability,” “Modes of Inference,” “Regression,” “More Probability,” “Special Distributions,” “More Models,” and “Mathematical Statistics.” and makes extensive use of R.
Several of these books were discovered through a CrossValidated discussion. Know of any more e-books freely available for download?