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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi -</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I´m a medical graduate student.
I´m totally new to R, although I had heard of S before. I read it was
GNU free software, and since I also use Linux, I decide to check it
out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> But I have some doubts regarding
R: how does using R differ from using software packages, like SPSS (which is the
one I´m used to)? What are the advantages of using R when compared? Is
flexibility an issue? What about the learning curve? Is it something that is
awfully hard to learn? And the documentation seems to be rather sparse, unless
you´re willling to buy a book (no, I´m not some "cheap" person, I´m a student
from Brazil - things are not so cheap for me...which is one of the reasons free
software is attractive to me).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Thank you,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Best regards to
all.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Henry
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