[R] Package "hse" has been REPLACED by package "dbd".

[Abbs Spurdle]

Previously, I disliked some of R's names.
e.g. Action of the Toes.
But then later realized toes are really important.

I don't want to disagree with a 'reviewer'.
But I would say subtle references to literature and philosophy
demonstrate 'depth'.

Was your reviewer a member of the (A)merican (S)tatistical (S)ociety...?
Who came up with that name...?

It's all subjective really...


On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 10:39 AM Rolf Turner <r.turner using auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>
>
> A reviewer of a paper that I wrote, of which the "hse" package was
> a central consideration, thought that users might find the name "hse"
> ("hope springs eternal") to be indicative of a lack of seriousness.
>
> Consequently I have changed the name of the package to "dbd"
> ("discretised beta distribution").  The underlying distribution, on
> which the package is focussed, is now called "db" ("discretised beta").
>
> The "hse" package still exists, *only* in order to produce a message
> (when the package is loaded) to the effect that the package is
> deprecated and that users should install and utilse the dbd package
> instead.
>
> The dbd package includes a number of modifications which (it is to be
> hoped) make it an improvement over the hse package that it replaces.
>
> I would be grateful to anyone who points out any problems with or
> errors in the dbd package.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
>
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> Department of Statistics
> University of Auckland
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