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

[Muenchen, Robert A (Bob)]

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>John and I discussed the snowball idea at some length off-list,
>and that is when I came to the conclusion (for reasons such as
>the above) that although it had some mileage, and could provide
>information supplementary to other methods, the extent of its
>potential reach into the unkown was, well, unknowable ...
>[with acknowledgement to Donald Rumsfeld].

That's a good point. Even when we know the total sampling frame and
contact them all, we rarely see more than a 10% response rate. We often
go on the assumption that whoever responded was a random selection
(occasionally checked via phone interview) and if so, the overall
estimates of ATTITUDES will be accurate. However, wanting to know how
many could have responded is a different problem. Hm. Nets are sounding
better all the time! ;-)

>
>In reponse to the question from Bob Muenchen as to "How did you
>get the R-help figure?" (of email addresses subscribed to R-help),
>since I am one of the list moderators I can log in and access the
>subscriber's list.
>
>As of today, the numbers are:
>
> 4629 Non-digested Members of R-help
> 5560 Digested Members of R-help
> (190 private members not shown)
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>10379

Great. The figures from UGA cover SAS (3,253) and SPSS (2,105). I'm
still waiting to hear from people about Statalist and S-NEWS. I'll post
them on the site as soon as I have those.

Thanks!
Bob 

>
>(A few more than the number I picked up a some days ago).
>
>Ted.
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