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Jul 2014
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John Fox on R software for teaching quan...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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John Fox discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially focusing on the choice of software with a demonstration of R and R Commander. 
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