[Blindmath] I have installed R, now what do I do?

[Faiz Rasool]

Hi Roopakshi and list,

In  the university I study, their is no   tradition of teaching statistical 
packages in statistics course for students who are not majoring in 
statistics. Since I am a Sociology student, we are taught how to manually 
calculate  formulae. For instance, in case of Chi-square, multiply CT by RT 
and divide that by N, using a calculator and pen and paper. I have talked to 
people at  the computer lab where SPSS is installed on few computers. The 
lab is shared by  all the University students, and I have been told to wait 
for a week before I can be allowed to test jaws 10 and spss 17 with java 
accessibility bridge as Marry suggested.

 I am trying my hand at R, because if spss does not work R would be only 
remaining option. My plea to list members would be that if they can help me 
in getting started with R and with spss if and when it works Kindly help me. 
This is for the first time that I am among a group of individuals who are 
acquainted with mathematics. Previously I was totally reliant on sighted 
help in matters of stats.

Thanks and best regards,
Faiz.
ps I am happy to receive email off list, if the thread I have started is 
cluttering the list.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roopakshi Pathania" <r_akshi_tgk at yahoo.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] I have installed R, now what do I do?


>
> Hi Faiz,
>
>
> Yes, you are correct.
> After that when ever you press Enter or click on the icon, the command 
> line version of R will open.
> The first thing that you should type is "help()" without the quotes.
>
> Also, I was following the responses to your previous email, and am 
> wondering if you tried the Java Access Bridge with SPSS as Marry 
> suggested?
> While R is accessible, shouldn't you try if the statistical package that 
> your class mates are using can work for you?
>
> Regards
>
> "Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are 
> all dead."
> ~ John Maynard Keynes
>
>
> --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Faiz Rasool <faiz7r at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Faiz Rasool <faiz7r at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] I have installed R,  now what do I do?
>> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 9:56 PM
>> Hi Jared,
>>
>> If I have understood correctly, you are suggesting that I
>> press the application key when R icon is highlighted. From
>> there select properties, and change the following line
>> "C:\Program Files\R\R-2.10.1\bin\Rgui.exe"RGUI.exe
>> by typing RTERM.exe?
>> I am using windows.
>> thanks for your help.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jared Wright" 
>> <wright.jaredm at gmail.com>
>> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics"
>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 7:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] I have installed R, now what do I
>> do?
>>
>>
>> > Faiz, All of your shortcuts point to rgui.exe, which
>> is the graphical user interface for R. In the same folder is
>> a file called rterm.exe, and launching this program will run
>> R at the command line. You might find it helpful to change
>> the shortcuts for R to rterm.exe for easy access. This of
>> course presuming you are using Windows.
>> >
>> > Jared
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2/1/2010 7:21 AM, Faiz Rasool wrote:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> I have downloaded and installed R. Now I do not
>> know what to do. When I start the program a window appears,
>> but I do not find a place to type commands, and do not know
>> where I would find the output of my commands.
>> >>
>> >> I must confess that I am an absolute beginner to
>> R, and to statistical packages. Perhaps this explains my
>> problem with R. Can anyone help me in learning how to start
>> using R?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks all,
>> >> faiz.
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