\documentclass{article} \usepackage{url} \usepackage{natbib} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{fancyvrb} \usepackage{exercises} \usepackage{nextpage} \pagestyle{headings} \setcounter{tocdepth}{1} \setlength{\voffset}{-1.5cm} \setlength{\hoffset}{-0.5cm} \setlength{\textwidth}{15.5cm} \setlength{\textheight}{22.75cm} \makeatletter \renewcommand\subparagraph{\@startsection {subparagraph}{4}{\parindent}{1ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{-1em}{\bf\normalsize}} \makeatother \title{Math3346 -- Laboratory Exercises 1 and 2\\[9pt] Exercises for Use in Practicing R Skills} \author{John Maindonald} \begin{document} \maketitle \textbf{Note:} Asterisked exercises (especially Exercises 10-14 in Part II) are intended for those who want to be challenged, or to extend their hoRizons. The subdirectory \textbf{scripts} at \url{http://www.math.anu.edu.au/~/courses/r/exercises/scripts/} has the script files. \vspace*{6pt} There is extensive use of datasets from the \textit{DAAG} and (in Part II) \textit{DAAGxtras} packages. \vspace*{6pt} % Laboratory exercises IV -- XIII assume the background knowledge that is % covered in relevant parts of the document: % \textit{Statistical Perspectives on Data Mining} (referred to as SPDM). % Exercises can be grouped as follows: % \begin{itemize} % \item[] \textbf{Introduction to R} % \begin{itemize} % \item[I:] R Basics % \item[II:] Practice with R % \end{itemize} % \item[] \textbf{Data Exploration} % \begin{itemize} % \item[III] Informal and Formal Data Exploration % \end{itemize} % \item[] \textbf{Populations, Samples and Sampling Distributions} % \begin{itemize} % \item[IV:] Populations and Samples -- Theoretical and Empirical % Distributions % \item[V:] Sampling Distributions, and the Central Limit Theorem % \end{itemize} % \item[] \textbf{Linear Models} % \begin{itemize} % \item[VI:] Linear Models in R % \item[VII:] Exploiting the Model Matrix % \end{itemize} % \item[] \textbf{Data Summary and Analysis} % \begin{itemize} % \item[VIII:] Data Summary; Traps for the Unwary % \end{itemize} % \item[] \textbf{Models with a Complex Error Structure} % \begin{itemize} % \item[IX:] Multi-level Models % \end{itemize} % \item[] \textbf{Discriminant Methods, Ordination \& Clustering} % \begin{itemize} % \item[X:] Discriminant Methods -- Error Rate Estimation, \& % Low-Dimensional Views % \item[XI:] Discriminant Methods -- More than Two Groups % \item[XII:] Ordination \& Clustering % \item[XIII:] Data Exploration and Discrimination -- A Largish Dataset % \end{itemize} % \end{itemize} \tableofcontents \vspace*{0.5cm} \cleartooddpage \include{rbasics} \cleartooddpage \setcounter{section}{0} \include{rpractice} \setcounter{section}{0} \cleartooddpage \include{rpops-samples} \cleartooddpage \setcounter{section}{0} \include{rsamplingDists} \cleartooddpage \setcounter{section}{0} \include{rexplore-data} \cleartooddpage \setcounter{section}{0} \include{rdiscrim-lda} \cleartooddpage \setcounter{section}{0} \include{rdiscrim-ord} \setcounter{section}{0} \include{r-ordination8} \cleartooddpage \setcounter{section}{0} \include{rdiscrim-trees9} \setcounter{section}{0} \include{r-traps10} \begin{thebibliography}{99} \bibitem[{Charig(1986)}]{Charig} Charig, C.~R., 1986. \newblock Comparison of treatment of renal calculi by operative surgery, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. \newblock {\em British Medical Journal\/}, 292:879--882. \bibitem[Farmer(2006)]{Farmer} Farmer, C.~H.\ 2006. Another look at Meyer and Finney's `Who wants airbags?'. Chance 19:15-22. \bibitem[Gordon et al (1995)]{Gordon} Gordon, N.~C. et al.(1995): `Enhancement of Morphine Analgesia by the GABA$_{B}$ against Baclofen'. \emph{Neuroscience} 69: 345-349. \bibitem[Meyer(2006)]{Meyer} Meyer, M.C.\ (2006). Commentary on ``Another look at Meyer and Finney's `Who wants airbags?'''. \emph{Chance} 19:23-24. \bibitem[Meyer and Finney(2005)]{MeyerF} Meyer, M.~C.\ and Finney, T.\ 2005. `Who wants airbags?'. \emph{Chance} 18:3-16. \end{thebibliography} \end{document}