[R] Making a case for using R in Academia

[Charles C. Berry]

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Jim Lemon wrote:

> Charilaos Skiadas wrote:
>> Not having a background in SPSS would put these students at a
>> disadvantage."
>>
>> Is this really the case? Does anyone have any such statistics?
>>
> Unfortunately not statistics, but my experience in nearly every
> (psychology) research unit in which I have worked is that my colleagues
> initially expected me to use SPSS and reeled back in horror if I said
> that I preferred something else. They took anywhere from weeks to
> forever to realize that they were getting at least as good, and in many
> cases better, analyses of their data.
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> For many people, statistical software is a belief, not an understanding.

Another candidate for 'fortunes'?

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