On 1 September 2012 05:13, Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org> wrote:

> > * Paul Johnson <cnhywbua32@tznvy.pbz> [2012-08-31 11:05:44 -0500]:
> >
> > But mostly I'm just curious what you are up to..
>

Hi all,

I'm probably not all that dissimilar to Sam, and like the idea of having
output copied and pasted back into the script. For that reason I use
Vitalie's code (posted some time ago on a similar subject).

If data change, it allows me to check to what degree the results change.
Also, it allows me to go back to the script without having to run it, when
I need to check something, or someone want another P-value that I hadn't
included.

I agree in principle that using Sweave or org mode would be 'better', but I
find that challenging for a few reasons.
1) Most of my collaborators use Microsoft Word and hence at best I use
snippets of output.
2) I love the idea of org mode, but it's just something else I'd need to
learn and unfortunately, for me the pay off would be limited (I no longer
work as a full-time statistician)
3) I love Sweave (have used it more extensively in the past), but because
of (1) I don't generally get to write things up in LaTeX.

Some may think these are excuses (and yes they are to some degree), but
ultimately I think that we all have different ways of working.

Anyway, just my two cents worth.

Andreas

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