This is a cry for help. My apologies for taking up bandwidth
with an issue that is not really on topic. But I really do want
to acquire the requested information.
In the course of preparing my PBRF (performance based research
funds) portfolio for the upcoming PBRF exercise here in New Zealand,
I have been advised that I should provide some estimate of the number
of "active users" of the spatstat package (of which I am a co-developer with
Adrian Baddeley) and which I am touting as one of my contributions to the
well-being of the universe.
So how do I estimate the number of "active users"? Bozhemoi!
I decided I'd do a survey of the r-help list.
So *please* respond (VERY briefly) to this email, saying just
"Yes I am an active spatstat user", or
"No I am not an active spatstat user".
Please don't alter the subject line.
Please respond immediately if you're going to respond at all;
I need to have this stuff done by the afternoon of Fri. 30 March
2012, New Zealand time.
I leave it to you to decide what "*active* user" means. I guess
if you've done more than just had a brief vague look at the package .....
I hope to be able to tally the Yes's and No's, take the ratio of
the Yes count to the total count, multiply by the total number
of subscribers to r-help (which I *hope* to be able to find out
from the list maintainer). And there's my estimate.
Please don't waste your time telling me this is a load of
dingos' kidneys. I know that. The pitfalls and unsatisfied assumptions
outnumber the stars in the sky. But what else can I do, eh?
Thank you for your time and forbearance.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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