• HLPMiniCourseSession7

Session 7: R wrap-up

This is an idea that I'm just throwing out there. If folks are interested, great; if not, NBD. We don't need to decided whether we'll do this or precisely what we'll cover until later in the course. -- AustinFrank DateTime(2008-05-20T20:27:46Z)

Following our mini-course on regression methods in R, it may be useful to dive into some more advanced topics in R. I'm listing some ideas here, but this meeting can really be used for whatever people think is useful.

Topics

Simulation, sampling, and prediction

• MCMCpack

  • HPDint()

• simulate(), predict()

Graphics

• Basic graphics

  • plot(), lines(), curve(), etc.

• Trellis graphics

  • xyplot(), dotplot, barchart(), etc. BR custom panel functions

• ggplot2 graphics

  • qplot(), aes(), ggplot(), etc.

Database backends

• DBI

• RSQLiteDF

Data manipulation

• Reshape

  • melt(), cast(), recast()

Authoring with R

• RWeave

Interfacing with external samplers

• RBugs

• RJags