[Blindmath] Accessible introduction to Statistics preffiberely with R

[Jared Stofflett]

I've been interested in statistics for a while so am using fantasy as
a way to try and learn theory then apply it rather than just plugging
numbers into formulas without understanding them. Excel is accessible
but my understanding is that it is not good for handling large amounts
of data. For example given a busy night in the NHL there may be 400
players who have played an average of 60 games. Each of those games
could have 5 or 6 stats associated with it giving you over 100000
variables. I don't know a good way in Excel to generate a projection
for each of those players taking into account the individual score for
each game they have played. Am I missing something or is doing
analysis on 400 players on a game by game basis feasible in Excel? All
my excel work so far has been season to date statistics rather than
game by game.

On 3/14/14, Sean Tikkun <jaquis at mac.com> wrote:
> Excel has most of the functions that would be necessary for fantasy
> projections.  The reliability coefficients and confidence intervals would be
> a little more challenging, but its all there.  Do you know excel?  My
> understanding is that excel is already pretty compatible, but then I'm not
> sure about your screenreader or any recent developments in compatibility.
> Most stats files live in .csv the true formatting in statistics is pretty
> simple if you've handled integration you've done far harder stuff!
>
> Sean
>
> On Mar 14, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Jared Stofflett <stofflet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, I am a totally blind programmer who took up through Calc one
>> while in college several years ago. I'd like to learn basic statistics
>> for use in trying to generate projections for daily fantasy sports.
>> From doing research I believe R will be my program of choice. Can
>> anyone point me to a text that is available in an easily accessible
>> format that covers basic statistics? It would be helpful if R was the
>> tool used but not required. I am a braille reader so can use a braille
>> display or possibly try to find a way to have a BRF file printed out
>> for me. If there is not a text already in an accessible form what
>> would be the easiest way to convert a LaTeX file to either MathML or
>> braille? Thanks for any info.
>>
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