On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 05:45, q10 wrote: > A large issue: OOo seems to lack a full statistical analysis package that > can be found in Microsoft Office.
"Seems to" is the operative word here. There are a couple of extensions that add statistical analysis tools to OOo. > more available to people who need them but aren't saavy with, or don't > require the complexity of, software like R or MatLab. For anything but the most trivial type of statistical analysis, R,Matlab, or something similar should be used, simply in the interests of statistical accuracy. Furthermore, anybody who uses a spreadsheet for statistical analysis has just demonstrated that they are too incompetent to be allowed to touch a computer for any purpose, much less be allowed to use one. jonathon -- Ethical conduct is a vice. Corrupt conduct is a virtue. Guiding principles of the legal and ethical system of Nacarima. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
