Analysis with Programming

Are you using MS Word for your paper works? And MS PowerPoint for your presentations? Why not try something that is FREE, powerful than those commercial products? Something that is quite challenging but FUN to use. Introducing $\mathrm{\LaTeX}$ , a document markup language similar to HTML but outputs in PDF format. I prefer $\mathrm{\LaTeX}$ because it produces beautiful mathematical equations that MS Word cannot. $\mathrm{\LaTeX}$ is used by publishers like O'Reilly and Springer for books that involve mathematics and statistics. Now let me guide you on getting started with $\mathrm{\LaTeX}$ on Windows, Mac and Ubuntu. For Windows users: Go to this site , download what is recommended for your system; follow the instructions in installation; after that, download the TeXMaker here , and install. (TeXMaker is a $\mathrm{\LaTeX}$ text-editor with many features including syntax highlighting) For Mac users: Go to this site , download the MacTeX.pkg; follow the instruc...

Python offers modules such as scipy, numpy, and pandas for data analysis. And I am going to use these as alternative to R. To get started, I recommend installing the Python IDE, Spyder. If you haven't yet installed python in your computer, don't worry as this will automatically be installed as well. Open Ubuntu Software Center Search for Spyder Click Install Once successfully installed, open it and try running some arithmetic on the console. Or try the script window and press F5 to execute. Spyder in Ubuntu 12.10

There are two ways to install R in Ubuntu. One is through the terminal, and the other is through the Ubuntu Software Center. Through the Terminal Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open the Terminal ; then execute sudo apt-get update ; after that, run sudo apt-get install r-base ; To run R, execute R in the Terminal (see the picture below). R statistical package in Ubuntu 12.10 Terminal Through Ubuntu Software Center Open Ubuntu Software Center ; search for r-base ; and click Install ; then run R by executing R in the Terminal . Working in the Terminal would be inconvenient, so I suggest downloading a user-friendly interface. For example in Ubuntu, I recommend using RStudio IDE or RKWard KDE.

R installer is available on CRAN . To download the software, go to the site and do the following: click Download R for Windows ; then go to install R for the first time in the base subdirectory; and finally download the latest version of R for windows. Now to install R, watch the video below.