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UCLA Statistics has a pretty extensive list of resources on how to use R and GRASS. For those unfamiliar, R is a programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. GRASS is an open source geographic information system (GIS). And of course, both are completely free and completely useful.
FlowingData explores how designers, statisticians, and computer scientists are using data to understand ourselves better — mainly through data visualization.
As for me, I'm Nathan Yau, and I have a PhD in statistics, with a background in eating.
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Thanks Nathan! I appreciate the addition. There is also a section on LaTeX now and I will be adding Python over Winter Break.
Due to classes, I’ve fallen behind on making sure all of the links are still functioning, but a couple of scripts will take care of that. It is still an infant, but I am hoping to incorporate it in a potentially larger project that will have a better URL :-)