Dear Bianca, I'm also in the process of trying to convince a small team (in an industry R&D context) to switch from SPSS to R/RStudio. I guess we already know the arguments (R is more flexible and more sustainable; some quick searching on the web led me to: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_is_better_R_or_SPSS), so it's probably more about *how* we present the arguments and *who* (authority) presents them...
Best of luck, Marianne On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 2:04 PM Bianca Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > Good day everyone, > > Some of my colleagues are planning to develop a Biostatistics course to > bridge the gap between undergraduate and postgraduate students. They are > planning to develop their material on using SPSS, and I am trying to > convince them to rather use R/RStudio. They are reluctant to switch, > because (1) they have been using SPSS quite some time, (2) SPSS is "easier" > than R, and (3) they don't seem to think that funding might become a > problem in future. > > I came across the "Data Carpentry for Biologists" material in the discuss > list http://datacarpentry.org/semester-biology/ and I'm looking for > something similar specifically for Biostatistics/Biomedical statistics. > > Any resources or referrals will be greatly appreciated! > > Kind regards, > Bianca > > Bianca Peterson, Ph.D. Environmental Sciences (Genetics) > Post-doctoral Research Fellow: Pharmaceutics > Potchefstroom Campus > North-West University > South Africa > 2531 > <https://twitter.com/BinxiePeterson?lang=en> [image: > https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-peterson-007b5b117/] > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-peterson-007b5b117/> [image: > https://github.com/BinxiePeterson] <https://github.com/BinxiePeterson> > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T7aec92fdeda8ec4b-Meb1f4b1ce6c1e7593be3691e> > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T7aec92fdeda8ec4b-Md660d2d12442cf595c20d9d3 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
