Hi, although this is a guess, I would dare to say that it is probably used in at least some schools/departments of any research university. Yet, universities/schools often have a plethora of statistical softwares available (in our school, for instance, SAS, Stata, SPSS, S-Plus) so it is not THE only statistical software. But R is one of them and especially the guys at the forefront of statistical modeling are using it because of its flexibility in programming.
Cheers, Daniel University of Maryland ------------------------- cuncta stricte discussurus ------------------------- -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Gustaf Rydevik Gesendet: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:02 AM An: Eleni Rapsomaniki Cc: r-help@r-project.org Betreff: Re: [R] Who uses R? On 9/25/07, Eleni Rapsomaniki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear R users, > > I have started work in a Statistics government department and I am > trying to convince my bosses to install R on our computers (I can't do > proper stats in Excel!!). They asked me to prove that this is a widely > used software (and not just another free-source, bug infected toy I > found on the web!) by suggesting other big organisations that use it. > Are you aware of any reputable places (academic or not) that use R? > (e.g. maybe you work for them) > > I would be really grateful for any advice on this. Also suggestions on > arguments I could use to persuade them that R is so much better than > Excel would be very much appreciated. > > Many Thanks > Eleni Rapsomaniki > The statistics section of the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, where I work, use R about 70% of the time. The MEB (medical epidemiology and biostatistics) department at Karolinska Institutet, the nordic countries premiere medical university, are also heavy R-users. Best, Gustaf -- Gustaf Rydevik, M.Sci. tel: +46(0)703 051 451 address:Essingetorget 40,112 66 Stockholm, SE skype:gustaf_rydevik ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
