Why do you think Excel is a terrible tool? In what ways have you tried to use Excel and it has failed you?
 
Regards,
Indrajit


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From: Rolf Turner <rolf.turner@xtra.co.nz>

Cc: R-help <R-help@r-project.org> 
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [R] introducing R to high school students

On 22/04/12 15:29, Indrajit Sengupta wrote:

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> 1. At school we seldom deal with lot of data - the focus is more on concepts. Excel is an excellent tool
    That is at best debatable, and IMHO just plain incorrect.  I firmly believe
    that Excel is a ***TERRIBLE*** tool.
> and no matter how much we love or hate it - we will be using Excel a lot in our lives.

    This is not (unfortunately IMHO) debatable.  It is all too sadly true.  For most
    people at least.  (Not for my very good self.  I can get away with eschewing
    Excel.  Most people are not lucky enough to have that option.)

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    I think much of the remainder of the post was highly disputable as well,
    but I will desist at this point.

        cheers,

            Rolf Turner
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