[R] Popularity of R, SAS, SPSS, Stata...

[Patrick Burns]

I think there is a problem with the
question:  Not everyone thinks of R
as a statistics program.  Furthermore,
I don't think it should be thought of
as a statistics program.

(Statistics is what stuffy professors
do, I just look at my data and try to
figure out what it means.)

On 20/06/2010 23:46, Muenchen, Robert A (Bob) wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
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>> On Behalf Of Muenchen, Robert A (Bob)
>> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 6:43 PM
>> To: Hadley Wickham; ted.harding at manchester.ac.uk
>> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
>> Subject: Re: [R] Popularity of R, SAS, SPSS, Stata...
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
>> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Hadley Wickham
>> ...  What about snowball
>>> sampling with R-help as an initial frame?
>>
>> That's an interesting idea! I could put together a Two-item web survey:
>>
>> 1. What stat package do you use?
>> 2. What's your main email address
>
> P.S. the email address was an attempt to keep people from "stuffing the
> ballot box" but on the other hand, it could turn people off. I guess the
> number of blank fields would tell us which.
>
> Also, stat package choice would have to be a "check all that apply"
> question.
>
>>
>> If they choose R, I could optionally ask what their favorite packages
>> are. I might be able to get that on a web survey this week if it
> doesn't
>> get too crazy.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>>
>>> Hadley
>>>
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