Statistical Methods for Computational Biology
Computing

Course assignments will involve hands-on data analysis of a range of biological datasets, and each lecture will include a practical component demonstrating methods applied to genomic data sets. These analyses, both in-class and homework, will carried out in the R language.

The R Programming Language
R is a flexible language and computing environment for statistical computing and analysis. R is freely available and falls under the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License.

R Documentation
"An Introduction to R." Introductory & reference manual in PDF format.
Manuals. A selection of R manuals in PDF format.
Help Pages. Also available from within R using the help.start() command.
Frequently Asked Questions.

R Software
R Software (binary or source) for Linux, MacOS, Alpha Unix and Windows.

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last updated 20 August 2003