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Introduction
This web page is created for students in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ. The aim is to present an overview of software packages which eventually will become essential or at least useful for statisticians.
This is an ongoing project and only part of the content on this page is actually written on behalf of the UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. For topics we have not covered yet, we provide links to web pages and documents that we find useful.
The content specifically created for this web page so far is:
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Tcl introduction (PDF) ·É¾±³Ù³óÌý¸é-³§´Ç³Ü°ù³¦±ð
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
IDEs are used to add efficiency to the programming workflow. Many IDEs exist and their strengths are dependent on the programming language.
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UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ: Emacs and Eclipse (PDF) can be used for most programming languages including R, C, Java, and also LaTeX.
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 good R IDE that also integrates Sweave and knitR support.
LaTeX
LaTeX is a document preparation system which is used by many academics and students to write up their projects, assignments, publications and presentation slides.
Search the Internet for an introduction to LaTeX or read a book. Many good sources exist.
A popular book, based on Amazon ranking, is  published by Springer, and for UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ students available for free from the . The author made a set of for getting you easily started.
Once you have figured out the basics of LaTeX, inform yourself about:
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: a great LaTeX editing mode in Emacs
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: spell checking with Emacs
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: writing presentation slides with LaTeX
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: creating graphics in LaTeX;
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: create graphics with a drawing program
Using R
Introduction to R, Emacs and Eclipse
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UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ: R introduction (PDF) (R, Emacs, Eclipse, Help)
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Book:
Data manipulation
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Book:
Graphics: base, grid, lattice and ggplot2
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Web page:Â
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Basic graphics in R
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Book: ,
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Web page:Â Hadley Wickham's ggplot2 web page
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Book:
Sweave and knitR
Sweave and knitR let you mix together LaTeX source with R source. This makes for a great way to write your assignments.
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Web page:Â
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Web page:
Programming R
Many good books on the topic now exist.
- µþ´Ç´Ç°ì:Ìý by Hadley Wickham
- Book: by Norman Matloff
- µþ´Ç´Ç°ì:ÌýR in a Nutshell by Joseph Adler
Functions and Methods
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UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ: Functions and Methods (PDF)
Object oriented model
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External file:Â by Christophe Genolini
Building your own library
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External file:Â by Friedrich Leisch
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Web page:  by Hadley Wickham
Accessing C and C++ from within R
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µþ´Ç´Ç°ì:ÌýÌý²ú²âÌýDirk Eddelbuettel
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External file:Â by Sigal Blay
Creating graphical user interfaces with the tcltk library in R
Introduction to Tcl
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UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ: Tcl Introduction (PDF) ·É¾±³Ù³óÌý¸é-²õ´Ç³Ü°ù³¦±ð
The tcltk library for R
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µþ´Ç´Ç°ì:Ìý by Michael Lawrence and John Verzani
Geometry managers
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±«°Â²¹³Ù±ð°ù±ô´Ç´Ç:ÌýTK geometry manager (PDF) with R-source
SAS Academic Program
Free SAS software is available to all University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ students, professors and researchers. Our free cloud platform, , includes SAS Studio and a connection to Jupyter Hub. Â
If SAS OnDemand for Academics does not suite your needs, please connect with Lindsay.Hart@sas.com to explore other free options available to you. Â
For access to free e-learning courses, curriculum content, and certification resources, please visit the . You must register with your University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ email address. Â
UNIX
Basics of UNIX
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Web page:Â
UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ math servers
UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ statistics students have access to several servers to run their simulations on. You will find all the necessary information on the Math Faculty Computing Facility (MFCF) website.
To access the servers, login from anywhere via ssh.
ssh username@linux.math.uwaterloo.ca
Consider .
Once logged into the servers, you may then have to change your limit options.
limit
cputime
unlimited
limit
filesize
unlimited
This can happen automatically when you login by adjusting the .cshrc file in your home directory. Replace the "limit cputime" line with "unlimit cputime".
Use nohup to run your process. For example to run an R simulation use
nohup R CMD BATCH myRfile.R &
Author:
Adrian
Waddell
<arwaddel@math.uwaterloo.ca>
Date:
2014-02-13