What are some good books, web resources, and projects for learning R? [closed]

Answer 1

I just discovered the Rosetta Code site which posts problems and solutions using many different languages in parallel. It includes R examples.

Answer 2

Here is a real basic book on R from Princeton University and free

https://sites.google.com/site/undergraduateguidetor/

Answer 3

Andrew Gelman at Columbia has written this excellent book which contains many examples and downloadable data files for further learning based on the concepts presented in the book. link text

Answer 4

the #R channel at irc.freenode.net is a good place for questions. rseek.org is also very convenient because google otherwise mixes R up with other connotations

Answer 5

I found this tutorial graphically well presented, accessable and quick:

http://www.statmethods.net/index.html

Answer 6

Years ago I used R in an undergrad statistics course which used Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS as its text (that edition is now out of print, but this book seems equivalent).

R is compatible enough with S in general that you can use a lot of the S resources out there.