INTRO TO S AND S PLUS

THIS GUIDE'S RICH, CONCRETE EXAMPLES AND STEP-BY STEP APPROACH MAKE LEARNING S EASY AND FUN. THE AUTHOR, AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN S SPECIALIST, HAS BEEN TEACHING AND RESEARCHING WITH S FOR MANY YEARS. HE FOCUSES ON DATA ANALYSIS AND GRAPHIC DATA EXPLORATION AND TEACHES BY EXAMPLE THE NEW PHILOSOPHY OF OBJECT-ORIENTED ANALYSIS WHILE TRAINING THE STUDENT IN THE SYNTAX AND USE OF THE LANGUAGE. THE BOOK IS INTENDED FOR GRADUATE AND UPPER-DIVISION UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN STATISTICS BOTH FOR STATISTICIANS AND FOR OTHER DISCIPLINES WHERE S OR S-PLUS IS USED.