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Here are some R Commander Tutorial Videos. For more information, please go to Regression Book Website.

Videos #01-08 were produced by Joshua Havelka. After graduation in May 2011, he began working for Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies in Atlanta.

Videos #09-11 were produced by Jie Wei. After graduation in August 2011, she began working at Sentry Insurance.

The following data set is used in the graphing tutorials: Sports.csv.

Professor Rosenberg has completed “R and Rcmdr Tutorials for Regression and Time Series for Actuaries" RTutorialMaster2013.pdf.

Professor Frees has completed "Technical Supplement - Elements of Matrix Algebra" Matrix Algebra.

Andy Korger has completed R graph videos: "Introduction to Graphing" Graphing 1 and "Advanced Graphing"Graphing 2

Video#	Video Title	Data Set	Description
Video 02	Importing Data Flash version	Bodily_Injury	Enter data at the console, use data editor
Video 03	Summary Statistics Flash version	Bodily_Injury	Find numerical summary statistics, explain the results
Video 04	Summarizing Continuous Variables Flash version	Bodily_Injury	Calculate numerical summary statistics, change quantile, draw histogram, change options, explain qqplot
Video 05	Summarizing Discrete Variables Flash version	Nursing_Home	Convert binary variable into factors, summarize factor by frequent count, show chi-square test, create boxplot by groups
Video 06	Basic Linear Model Flash version	Nursing_Home	Draw scatterplot, fit linear model, explain t-values, find the correlation and R-square values
Video 07	Confidence/Prediction Intervals Flash version	Nursing_Home	Introduce HH plugin, construct 95% C.I., compare with 90% C.I., explain P.I., show the difference
Video 08	Multiple Linear Regression Flash version	NAICExpense	Construct a scatterplot matrix, create correlation matrix, fit a model with multiple explantory variables
Video 09	Model Comparison Flash version	Liquidity	Create two linear models, conduct model comparison
Video 10	Stepwise Selection Flash version	Liquidity	Conduct backward/forward/both stepwise selection with AIC/BIC criteria
Video 11	Influential Points Flash version	Outlier	Take subset data, add observation statistics including hat values, cook's distances, etc.
Video 12	Frees Regression Problem 4-4 Flash version	AutoClaims	Solving problem 4-4 in the textbook 'Regression Modeling with Actuarial and Financial Applications' by Frees, in R-commander