I used R and the quantreg package in a manuscript that is currently in
the proofs stage.  I cited both R and quantreg as suggested by
citation() and noted the version of R and quantreg that I used in the
main text as

 

  "All tests were computed with the R v2.9.0 statistical programming
language (R Development Core 2008).  Quantile regressions were conducted
with the quantreg v4.27 package (Koenker 2008) for R."

 

The editor has asked me to also "provide the date when the webpage was
accessed" for both R and quantreg.

 

This does not seem like an appropriate request to me as both R and the
quantreg package are versioned.  This request seems to me to be the same
as asking someone when they purchased commercial package X version Y
(which I don't think would be asked).

 

Am I thinking about this correctly or has the editor made a valid
request?

 

I would be interested in any comments or opinions.

 

Dr. Derek H. Ogle

Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Natural Resources

Northland College

1411 Ellis Avenue

Box 112

Ashland, WI 

715.682.1300

www.ncfaculty.net/dogle/

 


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