[R] R in Industry

[Jim Lemon]

Matthew Keller wrote:
 > Far from flaming you, I think you made a good point - one that I
 > imagine most people who use R have come across. The name "R" is a big
 > impediment to effective online searches. As a check, I entered "R
 > software", "SAS software", SPSS software", and "S+ software" into
 > google. The R 'hit rate' was only ten out of the first 20 results (I
 > didn't look any further). For the other three software packages, the
 > hit rates were all 100% (20/20).
 >
 > I do wonder if anything can/should be done about this. I generally
 > search using the term "CRAN" but of course, that omits lots of stuff
 > relevant to R. Any ideas about how to do effective online searches for
 > "R" related materials?
 >
Try "r stats". I get 18/20 on Google with that.

Jim