Notes for Authors

Compiling

Each book is in a separate directory and the "master" file for each is identified below. Compiling (Knit PDF) the master file should produce the PDF.

Each of the component .Rnw files in these directories an also be compiled on it's own. Just "Knit PDF" in RStudio. This will create a PDF file containing just a portion of the book.

The Little Books

This project consists of several short books that are inter-related.

1. Start Teaching Statistics with R

   Directory: Starting Master: MOSAIC-Starting.Rnw

2. A Compendium of Commands to Teach Statistics with R

   Directory: Compendium Master: MOSAIC-Compendium.Rnw

3. Simulation-Based Inference

   Directory: Simulation Master: MOSAIC-SimulattionBased.Rnw

4. Start with Modeling

   Directory: Modeling or ModelingV2 Master: MOSAIC-Modeling.Rnw

5. Start R in Calculus

   This is maintained elsewhere

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Style Instructions for Authors

Notes for the authors can be included using \authNote{A note to the authors.}

Processed notes for the authors can be hidden using \authNoted{A noted note to the authors.}

Some Style Guidelines

1. R Code
   1. Use space after comma in argument lists
   2. No space around = in argument list
   3. Use space around operators, <- and ->
   4. Casual comments (no need for caps)
   5. When referring to functions in the text, add empty parens (e.g., data()) to make it clear that the object is a function.
2. Exercises N.B. Some exercises are for instructors, not for students.
   1. Use \begin{problem} ... \end{problem} to define problems.
   2. Use \begin{solution} ... \end{solution} to define solutions.

This must be \emph{outside} the problem environment and before the definition of the next problem. Put it immediately after \end{problem} to avoid confusion.

• Use \shipoutProblems to display all problems queued up since the last shipoutProblems.

• Examples Put within \begin{example} and end{example}. We can tweak the formatting later.

• Marginal Notes We can place some marginal notes with:

  • \InstructorNote{This is an instructor note.}
  • \FoodForThought{We can tweak the layout, color, size, etc. later. For now. I'm just using color to distinguish.}
  • \Caution{This is a caution}

1. Variable names. Often it's nice to distinguish between anactual variable name and a word that might have a similar name, for instance between sex and sex. Use the \VN{sex} command to accomplish this.
2. Model formulas. Use \model{A}{B+C} to generate A ~ B+C . Often, you may want to use variable names, for instance \model{\VN{height}}{\VN{age}+\VN{sex}} gives height ~ age + sex.

Appendix B: Possible Additional Topics

This list is quite old now...

Do we want to include any of these topics?

• Fancier Lattice Graphics
• Base Graphics
• Making plots with ggplots2
• Writing executable R scripts
• R Infrastructure for Teaching
• Sharing in R Studio
• Public Data
• Google Data
• Making Data Available Online
• A Brief Tour of knitr and R-markdown
• exams
• Books
  • Our books
  • Chance et al (in progress)
  • Existing books that work well/poorly with R (and why)
• Online materials