If you're an SPSS/SAS user and been meaning to take the plunge into #Rstats, here's a list of resources that helped me make the switch...
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1. I took a few
#Rstats courses at@DataCamp. There are TONS of different courses at various levels that can help you get started.pic.twitter.com/c0M5wWlPHb
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2. I worked through two text books:
@ProfAndyField's R book https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/discovering-statistics-using-r/book236067 … and the FREE@LSRbook PDF http://compcogscisydney.org/learning-statistics-with-r/ … I still refer to these books when doing analysis2 replies 4 retweets 65 likesShow this thread -
3. LOTS of googling and trial + error. You can do all the courses in the world, but there's nothing like working with your own dataset. A bit of warning though, this will *occasionally* happen https://xkcd.com/979/ BUT there's usually more than 1 way to do something in Rpic.twitter.com/olVRNQvUCT
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4. To learn plotting in
#Rstats, I image search plots by googling "name of plot R" and then following the link for the nicest looking plot to the R scriptpic.twitter.com/pdtR4QIkN3
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If you’re STILL hesitant to make the switch, from SPSS to
#Rstats just check out these usage trends for statistical software http://r4stats.com/articles/popularity/ … Your department might be the last one teaching SPSS, but that doesn’t mean you have to be the last person using itpic.twitter.com/QxjKTPLDQg
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Replying to @dsquintana @o_guest
Nice that SPSS it is plummeting but odd that R is not displacing it. Presumably "R" isn't a very good search term?
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I use Python to do stats. Not even on the graph. 
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