Introduction to S-PLUS

 

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S-PLUS 6 - Part I

1  Basics. 1

1.1  The Various Windows That You Will Use. 1

1.2  Entering S-PLUS commands. 2

2  Opening Existing S-PLUS Data File. 3

3  Generating CrossTabulations. 4

4  Defining Labels and Declaring Missing Values. 6

4.1  Variable Labels. 6

4.2  Missing Values. 7

5  Generating Simple Summary Statistics. 7

6  Comparing Gender Differences in Mean Salary. 8

7  Recoding Variables. 10

8  Generating a Cross-Classification Table. 12

9  Computing a New Variable. 13

10  Generating a Simple Linear Regression. 14

11  Saving S-PLUS Files. 16

12  Getting Help. 18

13  Appendices. 19

13.1  Windows Pointers. 19

13.2  Statistical Computing at UVA.. 19

S-PLUS 6 - Part II

  1. Reading Other Types Of Data
  2. The Commands Window and Basic S-PLUS Syntax 
  3. Plotting
  4. Using the Script Window
  5. Data File Documentation
  6. Libraries
  7. Getting Help
  8. Appendix

 

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