[Blindmath] Learning R

[Godfrey, Jonathan]

Hello,

There are dozens of ways to learn R and dozens of ways to learn statistics. Finding a combination that suits you in terms of subject matter will be at least as difficult as the accessibility of the material. Mike offered just one example; I prefer the Data.Camp ideas, but have doubts about its accessibility.

Your problem of having an insufficient statistical background for your postgraduate studies is extremely common, but it is a problem you must solve with your supervisor. I put the onus on supervisors on my own campus in situations like this, which often makes the student feel better because they feel that it was their problem alone. You do need to show your supervisor that your needs are different to those of other graduate students.

With respect to your software options as a blind person, take a read of:
https://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/statsoftware/

If you end up finding a suitable way to learn the statistical things you need for your studies (without R) and need to know how to do something in R, you might refer to my e-book at:
https://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/lurnblind/front.html
I've completed development of the infrastructure to have a version for blind people that adds descriptions that sighted readers do not need. The additions are not numerous at present but additions are fairly simple to incorporate as and when I find time.

Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Suman Rath via Blindmath
Sent: Tuesday, 15 November 2016 2:06 a.m.
To: Mike Gorse
Cc: Suman Rath; Suman Rath via Blindmath
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Learning R

Hi Mike,
Could you also tell me what other options there could be for doing statistical annalysis with screen readers?
Thank you s much for your help and advice.
It is chalanging however as I have selected a field where I need to publish journal articles with deep data annalysis, it is important that I pickup a good software.


Regards,
Suman.

On 11/13/16, Mike Gorse <mike at straddlethebox.org> wrote:
> Probably not the only option out there, but Coursera has an online 
> four-week R Programming course, hosted by Johns Hopkins
>
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2016, Suman Rath via Blindmath wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I am a new stats student and am fully blind.
>> I use jaws 17 and a windows 8 laptop.
>> To finish my work with stats and get better at it, I have been trying 
>> to use SPSS.
>>
>> However as i am a PhD student, I will be using stats for the for 
>> seable future. Thus I have decided to learn R as that is my best 
>> source of accessing stats.
>> These are my questions:
>>
>> 1. I am a completely new student to statistical concepts and my 
>> professor uses SPSS and doesn't know R.
>> In that case, how could I learn R on my own? Are their any torials 
>> for newcommers and accessible to screen readers?
>> 2. How much time could this take?
>>
>> I know DR. Godfrey has an excellent resource and he has been of help 
>> but I was also looking for full course to learn the language well.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Suman.
>>
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