Many of these points are discussed in
http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_relative_statpack.pdf
a collaborative effort that I edited. In particular the final quote by
Jonathan Baron addresses point 5:
Another point, which I repeatedly make to students, is that R is
free and will continue to
On 10/26/07, Frank Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> BTW: Contrary to some ideas both R & SPSS can be programmed and the
> algorithms for both have been published. So, no matter whether open
> source or private property you know what you do (if you want).
This is off the point of Matt's ori
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Some major differences between R and SPSS:
1/ The learning curve of R is steep
Some major differences between R and SPSS:
1/ The learning curve of R is steep and the one of SPSS is largely flat.
A difference any student will rapidly understand.
2/ The user interface in R is underdeveloped, in comparison to SPSS.
3/ In R without loving to spend time in programming you get not
On 3/10/2007, at 8:30 PM, Patrick Burns wrote:
> I don't think it is so much that the R routines
> work faster/more efficiently/more accurately
> but that the user works faster/more efficiently/
> more accurately.
Well said, O Wise and Ancient One!!! :-) :-) :-)
On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Patrick Burns wrote:
> I don't think it is so much that the R routines
> work faster/more efficiently/more accurately
> but that the user works faster/more efficiently/
> more accurately.
Might this be a fortunes candidate? (Perhaps a larger excerpt)
Bert Gunter
Genentech
On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Patrick Burns wrote:
> I don't think it is so much that the R routines
> work faster/more efficiently/more accurately
> but that the user works faster/more efficiently/
> more accurately.
And in particular a user can do many informative/insightful/penetrating
statistical/grap
I don't think it is so much that the R routines
work faster/more efficiently/more accurately
but that the user works faster/more efficiently/
more accurately.
Patrick Burns
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http://www.burns-stat.com
(home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
M
On Tuesday 02 October 2007 22:54:48 Matthew Dubins wrote:
MD > in what respects do R routines work faster/more efficiently/more
MD > accurately than those of MATLAB/SPSS.
There has been a benchmark:
http://www.sciviews.org/benchmark/index.html
but thats quite old old, it would be interesting to s
I would stress the advantages of the free and open source nature of R over
the proprietary programs you mention. Because R is free (as in beer), your
student will have access to it even when they are free of the university
that I presume buys a MATLAB/SPSS license for them. And because R is open
so
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