An Introduction to R: Examples for Actuaries

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R – 2006, 40 pagesThis is a very brief introduction to R via a series of examples which are relevant toactuarial work. These examples are aimed at R newbies so: only a small fraction of R’s capabilities are examined in these examples. there are many ways of achieving the same objective in R. These examples oftenonly consider a single approach and for educational purposes may not be the mostelegant solutions.This document is no substitute to the many excellent resources available online and itis strongly recommended that you review these. For example, a much morecomprehensive introduction to R is provided in Using R for Data Analysis andGraphics – Introduction, Code and Commentary by J H Maindonald (http://cran.rproject.org/doc/contrib/usingR.pdf).Contents:I. IntroductionWhat is R?R PackagesOnline ResourcesII. Some PreliminariesStarting R in WindowsGetting help with functions and features R Data Structures R Graphics Getting data into R Getting data out of R Examples SeriesIII. Examples R as a Calculator Data manipulation Examining Distributions Extreme Value Distributions Generalized Linear Models – Stochastic Reserving