[R] R-etiquette

[Anne]

In this case, it is not a publication for a journal (where I would follow
the prescriptions of my academic institution, ie ETH) but an internal report
for a local gvt agency.

Looking at some such reports I was horrified to find out that credits were
not made (in a case I do know that R was used, butis nowhere mentionned), no
mention were made of the statistical methods used (only global results were
cited as god divine truths ),  not to mention authors/contributors of
packages methods etc...

So I do fully intend to be as honest as possible....

Cheers

Anne


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank E Harrell Jr" <f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu>
To: "Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw at merck.com>
Cc: "'Anne'" <anne.piotet at urbanet.ch>; "R list" <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [R] R-etiquette


> Liaw, Andy wrote:
> > I'd thank them in the acknowledgement section.  I think some (most?)
journal
> > will allow such a section, and most people use that to thank their
research
> > funding sources and/or collaborators who had not made the list of
authors.
> >
> > Andy
>
> You do need to get permission from people to include their names in an
> Ack. section, usually.  Referencing as a personal communication is
> perhaps better.
>
> -- 
> Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
>                       Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University