[R-pkg-devel] package CatDataAnalysis

[Charles Geyer]

Actually the wooldridge package does not seem to satisfy any of the
specific requests CRAN asked me for.  I have checked several other CRAN
packages for textbooks and they don't seem to satisfy those requirements
either.  So this seems to be a new idea from CRAN.

On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 11:32 AM Neal Fultz <nfultz using gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure exactly what cran is asking for, but the wooldridge
> package is a good example of a text book data set package, so maybe
> you can use the same format they did.
>
> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/wooldridge/index.html
>
> Best,
>
> Neal
>
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:08 AM Charles Geyer <charlie using stat.umn.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have a package that has the datasets for Categorical Data Analysis by
> > Agresti that do not appear in the book.  The whole package is a github
> repo
> > https://github.com/cjgeyer/CatDataAnalysis.  All of the data were
> > translated mechanically using the R script foo.R included in the repo
> (but
> > not in the package) from Agresti's web site
> > http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/cda/data.html.
> >
> > This package seems to be a useful service to students and teachers.  The
> > data
> > are much simpler to use with this package than trying to get the data
> from
> > Agresti's web page (foo.R has 277 lines of code).
> >
> > When I submitted the package to CRAN, I got the following response.
> >
> > > The Description field of the DESCRIPTION file is intended to be a (one
> > > paragraph) description of what the package does and why it may be
> > > useful. Please elaborate. Tell the users what the datasets are about
> and
> > > what they contain so they can use them even when they haven't read your
> > > book.
> >
> > > Please fix and resubmit, and document what was changed in the
> submission
> > > comments.
> >
> > In an alternate universe without copyright law this seems a reasonable
> > request.  In this universe it seems to be asking for trouble.  I know
> about
> > fair use, but I am not a lawyer and do not want to walk the borderline
> > between fair use and copyright violation.
> >
> > The package as it is seems OK because it comes from the author's public
> web
> > site and these data were never in the book.
> >
> > Please note that I made Alan Agresti (with his acquiescence) the author
> of
> > the package because it is his book and his data, but I (or rather foo.R)
> > did all the work.
> >
> > I replied to cran.r-project.org, but that was apparently sent to
> /dev/null.
> >
> > This book is IMHO the authoritative textbook on the subject.  Amazon
> sales
> > rank agrees.  The book is used for many courses.  So this package would
> be
> > very helpful as is to many students and teachers.
> >
> > So what to do?  Is there any way to get this package on CRAN?
> >
> > --
> > Charles Geyer
> > Professor, School of Statistics
> > Resident Fellow, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
> > University of Minnesota
> > charlie using stat.umn.edu
> >
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-- 
Charles Geyer
Professor, School of Statistics
Resident Fellow, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Minnesota
charlie using stat.umn.edu

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