[R] help for lay person assisting R user with disability

[Bert Gunter]

Given that neither you nor the student are (skilled?) R users, I think you
would do better contacting someone locally for help -- there will be many
in the statistics and social sciences departments (among others).

There are several R packages that interface with Excel (e.g. RExcel), but
it may merely be a matter of reading in text files via R's native
facilities (e.g. read.csv ) . A local resource can best help you sort out
what would work best in your situation imho.

Cheers,
Bert

Bert Gunter

"Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge is
certainly not wisdom."
   -- Clifford Stoll

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:32 AM, Courtney Bryant <cbryant at andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:

> Good Morning,
> I am currently working with a disabled R user who is a student here at
> CMU.  The student has both sight and mobility issues.  The student has
> asked for an assistant who is well versed in R to enter data for her, which
> we are having a hard time finding.  I would like information from R
> developers/users about how/how well R interfaces with Excel (an easier
> skill set to find!)   In your opinion, could it be as easy as uploading
> data from excel into R?
>
> Also, do you know of a way to enlarge the R interface or otherwise assist
> in making the program accessible to a low vision person?  My  limited
> understanding leads me to believe that screen magnifiers like zoom text
> don't work particularly well.  If you have information on that, I would
> very much appreciate it.
>
> Thanks for your help and for bearing with me!
> Courtney
>
>
>
> Courtney Bryant, EOS Specialist
> Equal Opportunity Services, Human Resources
> Carnegie Mellon University
> 412-268-3930 | cbryant at andrew.cmu.edu
>
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