Today, the R is one of the fastest growing statistical computing software and is a direct competitor to SAS, SPSS, Minitab, Stat and others established statistical software. The SPSS founder, who also started a R software company, Dr Norman Nie, during one of the interview, simply put that R as one the most powerful statistical computing language on the planet and there is no statistical equation that cannot be calculated in R. R is a software environment for statistical computing and graphics that can run on UNIX, Linux, Windows and Macintosh platforms. The R software originated from AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1984 and currently administrated by the R Foundation, based in Austria. The foundation is a non-profit organization working in the public interest and has the charter to advance the R to provide a free and open source software environment. There are hundreds of institutions of higher learning, research institutions and companies around the world such as AT&T, Google, Merck, Shell, Stanford University, John Hopkins University and others support the R Foundation initiative. The R has huge support from the communities, and in fact it has earned the reputation to has the latest and most sophisticated statistical algorithm that is developed by professor of statistics and mathematics.

1. 3-days workshop on
Statistical Data
Analysis using R
An Introduction
Discovering One of the Most Powerful and Comprehensive
Statistical Tool on the Planet and Yet Cost Nothing to You
Now Included Popular
Requested Topics
Import Data from SPSS,
SAS, Minitab and Excel 
Statistical Analysis using R
with Database  R Spatial
Data Display with Google
Map  Statistical Process
Control with R
Date : 19-21 Nov 2012 (Mon-Wed) 3rd Year
Venue : Kompleks Eureka, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang R workshop
held in USM
Time : 9am – 5pm
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This program is for you if you are engineer, statistician, scientist and researcher, post-graduate student in commercial or
government institutions who is looking for a powerful and flexible tool for your statistical data analysis. Managers and
decision maker who is considering to deploy a cost effective software into your organization as alternative to SAS, SPSS,
Minitab, Statistica, Stat, JMP and other commercial statistical software.
Our previous participants who has directly benefit from this workshop are from the field of biology, ecology, economy,
engineering, environmental, financial, manufacturing, medical, natural resources who has the need for data analysis but with
minimum computer skills and no prior knowledge in R.
Organized by:

2. PAST PARTICIPANTS INTRODUCTION
The participants who had attend this R Today, the R is one of the fastest growing statistical computing software and
workshop were Paediatrician, Civil Engineer, is a direct competitor to SAS, SPSS, Minitab, Stat and others established
Factory Manager, Process Engineer, Product statistical software. The SPSS founder, who also started a R software
Engineer, Yield Engineer, Quality Engineer, company, Dr Norman Nie, during one of the interview, simply put that R as
R&D Engineer, Principle Engineer, Structural one the most powerful statistical computing language on the planet and there
and Material Engineer, Actuaries, Biologist, is no statistical equation that cannot be calculated in R.
Biotechnologist, Counsellor, Economist,
Educationist, Environmentalist, Food R is a software environment for statistical computing and graphics that can run
Scientist, Forestry Researcher, Genetics on UNIX, Linux, Windows and Macintosh platforms. The R software originated
Scientist, Logistic Planner, Linguistic, from AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1984 and currently administrated by the R
Mathematician, Road Safety Researcher, Foundation, based in Austria. The foundation is a non-profit organization
Software Developer, Statistician, Plant working in the public interest and has the charter to advance the R to provide
Breeder and postgraduate students. a free and open source software environment.
These participants were from Canberra There are hundreds of institutions of higher learning, research institutions and
Hospital of Australia, Intel, AMD, Agilent, companies around the world such as AT&T, Google, Merck, Shell, Stanford
Spansion, IRE-Tex, Sime Darby, Pelabuhan University, John Hopkins University and others support the R Foundation
Tanjung Pelepas, KL Kepong, Pantai initiative. The R has huge support from the communities, and in fact it has
Hospital, Advanced Medical and Dental earned the reputation to has the latest and most sophisticated statistical
Institute (AMDI), Pertubuhan Keselamatan algorithm that is developed by professor of statistics and mathematics.
Sosial (PERKESO), Tropical Peat Research
Laboratory, Institut Penyelidikan dan
Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest
Products (INTROP), Centre of Drug The R is a mature and complete software tool that provides a wide variety of
Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, statistical and graphical techniques for parameter and non parameter
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti methods, linear and nonlinear modelling, statistical tests, time series analysis,
Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Utara classification, clustering and many more specialize statistical analysis.
Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Mara, It has a history of more than 25 years and like any other powerful and useful
Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Universiti software available freely, the adoption rate is accelerating, hundreds of
Malaysia Terengganu, Universiti Sultan website is related to R and thousands of articles on R release each year. The
Zainal Abidin, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, R Foundation alone has published a list close to 100 reference books related
Universiti Tun Hussein On Malaysia, to R and Amazon.com carried more than 100 titles related to use of R for
Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Spanish statistical analysis.
Institute, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Kolej
Han Chiang, The University of Nottingham The R standard configuration has more than 25 packages consisting of
Malaysia, University of Bristol and Texas statistical models, mathematical functions, graphics devices, routine to
Technology University. communicate with external application like web server, databases and other
common application like MS Excel, SPSS, SAS, Minitab and others. There are
also more than 2,423 excellent add-on packages developed by the statistical
communities around the world, readily for download to extend the functionality
of R.
As with most of the new users to R, you typically face with overloaded of
information on R and need assistant to start using it. For this reason, the
objective of this program is to help you by dissecting the R into simple to
understand and guide you to use the R in a productive manner at the shortest
possible time.
Anyone who has the need for data analysis with minimum computer skills but
with no knowledge on R will directly benefit from this program.
“There are very few things
that SAS or SPSS will do that
R cannot, while R can do a
wide range of things that the
others cannot”
Robert Muenchen, Author, R for SAS and
SPSS Users

3. PROGRAM SCHEDULE
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
This program emphasis on hands-on practices and required the participants to Day 1
have their own laptop computer to fully take advantage of the learning. All the 9:00am : Introduction to R
necessary software will be provided during the training and the course Tea break
facilitator will guide the participant to install and configure the system prior and Getting Start with R
or on the workshop days. 12:00pm : Lunch provided
1:00pm : R with Menu System
The participant laptop will need to meet the minimum requirement as below: Tea break
• Windows XP/SP3, Vista/SP2 or Win 7 SP1 More R Graphic User Interfaces
• Min 1GB of RAM 5:00pm : End
• Min 500MB free space hard disk
• Wireless network connection capable Day 2
• 1 USB free slot and 1GB of thumb drive 9:00am : R in Native Mode
Tea break
Please contact the course facilitator if any of the participants’ system does not Univariate Analysis with R
meet any one of above requirements. 12:00pm : Lunch provided
1:00pm : Bivariate Analysis with R
Tea break
Multivariate Analysis with R
R Data Import and Export
5:00pm : End
Day 3
9:00am : R Statistical with Database
Tea break
R Spatial Data with Google
Maps
12:00pm : Lunch provided
1:00pm : R Statistical Process Control
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Tea break
More R Features
The workshop is held three times per calendar year, typically on Mar, Jun and
Programming with R
Nov. The current scheduled workshop date is printed in the front page of this
5:00pm : End
brochure and to inquire future workshop date please sends us an email. The
workshop is very popular and normally over-booked; please make your
registration earlier using the form at the end of this brochure and take
advantage of the early bird discount.
IN-HOUSE WORKSHOP
If you have a team of people who need to attend this workshop, it is more cost
effective to have this program customized to your organization at your
location. Saving can be significant! Please contact us for more detail.
ADVANCE PROGRAMS
If you also require advance training on R such as below, please contact us for
detail and tentative schedule.
 Multiple Linear Regression using R
 Data Mining using R
 Statistical Graphic with R
 Programming in R
ENQUIRIES
Registration and Others Technical Details
KHAIROL ANUAR HAZIR MOHAMMED CW CHANG
USAINS Holding Sdn Bhd AHP Products
+60 (4) 653-4372/+60(12) 286-9048 +60 (12) 429-3381
khairol@usainsgroup.com cwchang@ahp-products.com
khairol_usains@yahoo.com

4. COURSE FACILITATOR REGISTRATION FORM
CW CHANG is a technical consultant Please identify the workshop to register. Complete the rest of the registration
specialized in applying statistical and below, fax or send this form to:
quantitative methods for quality and
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management decision making. His company USAINS Holding Sdn. Bhd., Ground Floor, Kompleks EUREKA, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM PENANG.
developed data information product using Fax : 04-657 2210, Email : khairol@usainsgroup.com or khairol_usains@yahoo.com
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Participants
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He has a long and distinctive career with Intel and refreshment.
Corporation where he managed a global
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 Early Bird Discount 10%, payment 6 weeks before workshop date.
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The organizer reserves the right to refrain a registered participant from taking part in the event if no proof of
payment can be presented. This only applies to registered participants who have NOT paid the registration fee
PRIOR to the event date.
Cancellation and or Substitution
All cancelation must be in writing by fax or email at least 10 working days before the event date. A full refund
less administration fee of RM500.00 will be given. No refund will be made for late cancelation. However,
“R is the most powerful substitute participants are welcomed at no extra charge provided written notice of at least 5 working days before
the event is given to the organizer.
statistical computing
Discount
language on the planet; there Participant is not entitled for early bird discount after the group discount or student discount. No group discount
is no statistical equation that for student.
cannot be calculated in R.” Disclaimer
The course facilitator reserved the right to alter the workshop contents or schedule as it deem fit and no further
Norman Nie, Prof Emeritus of Statistics, notice will be given. The organizer also reserves the right to reschedule or cancel any part of its published
workshop or venue due to unforeseen circumstances and will not accept liability for costs incurred by
University of Chicago, Founder and former participants or their organizations for the cancellation of travel arrangements and/or accommodation
CEO of SPSS, and founder of Revolution R reservations as a result of the programme being cancelled or postponed. Advance notice will be given if there
are such changes or cancellation.