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Original Message Subject: Re: Beginner's choice: R or MatLab ? Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:06:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Dennis E. Slice dsl...@morphometrics.org To: morphmet@morphometrics.org References: 49d0cdf4.9040...@morphometrics.org My preference is for quality, cross-platform, open-source software. R fills that bill nicely and does everything I need to do that is not already available in morphometrics software. Also, I use it to check my own computations. A lot of knowledgeable people like Matlab, too. -dslice morphmet wrote: Original Message Subject: Beginner's choice: R or MatLab ? Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:55:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Dany Adams dany.ad...@tufts.edu To: morphmet@morphometrics.org I have been chosen to become the morphometrics expert in my lab. I am already the statistics person (by no means an expert, though). I was looking into learning R as a way to do both more effectively. It seems to be the future of statistics, plus I have an expert in my family. However, the other PI in my lab is interested in having me learn MatLab, since [1] we already use it for other things, [2] it is site licensed at my University, [3] the company, and therefore technical help, is nearby, [4] and he feels it is intuitive in a way that will help me teach others. Is there a morphometrics reason to choose one over the other ? I am assuming that whatever peripherals I will need to buy are the same, so the question is about quality, ease of use, learning curve, and anything else that would be of use to know. Thank you all very much. Dany Adams -- Dennis E. Slice Associate Professor Dept. of Scientific Computing Florida State University Dirac Science Library Tallahassee, FL 32306-4120 - Guest Professor Department of Anthropology University of Vienna -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
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Original Message Subject: AW: Beginner's choice: R or MatLab ? Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:57:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Fränzi Korner fraenzi.kor...@bluewin.ch To: morphmet@morphometrics.org References: 49d0cdf4.9040...@morphometrics.org I have bought the very cheap student version of MatLab some (many, ca. 10!) years ago, and I could not use it because the student version does only a part of what the normal version of MatLab does. I do not know whether this is still like that. If the student version is still a strongly reduced version of MatLab, students that do not stay at your institute for their life might be happier with knowledge in R than in MatLab. Fränzi -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: morphmet [mailto:morphmet_modera...@morphometrics.org] Gesendet: Montag, 30. März 2009 15:50 An: morphmet Betreff: Beginner's choice: R or MatLab ? Original Message Subject: Beginner's choice: R or MatLab ? Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:55:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Dany Adams dany.ad...@tufts.edu To: morphmet@morphometrics.org I have been chosen to become the morphometrics expert in my lab. I am already the statistics person (by no means an expert, though). I was looking into learning R as a way to do both more effectively. It seems to be the future of statistics, plus I have an expert in my family. However, the other PI in my lab is interested in having me learn MatLab, since [1] we already use it for other things, [2] it is site licensed at my University, [3] the company, and therefore technical help, is nearby, [4] and he feels it is intuitive in a way that will help me teach others. Is there a morphometrics reason to choose one over the other ? I am assuming that whatever peripherals I will need to buy are the same, so the question is about quality, ease of use, learning curve, and anything else that would be of use to know. Thank you all very much. Dany Adams -- Dany Spencer Adams, Ph.D. Associate Research Professor Tufts University Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology T (617)627-6204 F (617)627-5305 dany.ad...@tufts.edu -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
