[R] Problems in Recommending R

Patrick Burns pburns at pburns.seanet.com
Tue Feb 3 18:34:29 CET 2009


Ajay ohri wrote:
> How much time do you think is needed to read 133 pages of FAQ.
>   

About 132.5 / 133 more times longer than most
people are wanting to spend.

Patrick Burns
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> Regards,
>
> Ajay
>
> www.decisionstats.com
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>
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
>   
>> wrote:
>>     
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>   
>> Hadley wickham wrote:
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>>     
>>> The most useful thing (and quite rightly so) on the front page is the link
>>>       
>>>> the the FAQ which should be the starting point for anyone looking at any
>>>> new
>>>> software, and answers/explains everything thats pertinent!  (At least
>>>> thats
>>>> what I read first when I start using new software and have questions).
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Again, have you ever read the FAQ?  It is 133 pages!
>>>
>>>       
>> This means you have not read them??? Time to start reading!
>>
>> Uwe
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>>
>>  Hadley
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>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
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