On Apr 8, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Bert Gunter wrote: > Just for the fun of it, I searched for "R package moses extreme > reaction test" on google. The 8th hit was the package DescTools, but > that included the 3 earlier hits and responses from r-help. > > So I guess the point is that "Learn to Search" may even be a bit over > the top -- is there anyone on the internet who does not use standard > search engines like google, bing, and yahoo?
I don't think I'm the only one. Using Spencer Graves' excellent package is very convenient and has delivered many answers to questions posed on R help. It pops up a browser window directly from an R console command. I like the fact that I get an R help page with `findFn`. I suspect it has prevented many more questions that we never see. The other search tool I have used in preference to Google is Markmail. I find Google to be sometimes non-specific and possesses an very annoying tendency to give priority to Nabble citations. None of the first page Google citations actually answered the question when I tried. Rseek was much better, but I have found it to be less focused than sos::findFn. De gustibus non disputandem, I suppose. I suppose I should crack open Spencer's code and learn how to call Markmail and Rseek from my console session, that is unless he accepts this feature request and beats me to it. -- David. > > Best, > Bert > > Bert Gunter > Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics > (650) 467-7374 > > "Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge > is certainly not wisdom." > H. Gilbert Welch > > > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 10:43 AM, David Winsemius <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Apr 8, 2014, at 10:37 AM, José Trujillo Carmona wrote: >> >>> Is there a package that contains "moses extreme reaction test"? >> >> Learn to search. >> >> install.packages("sos") >> library(sos) >> findFn("moses extreme") >> >> >> found 5 matches; retrieving 1 page >> >> Downloaded 3 links in 1 packages >> >> -- >> >> David Winsemius >> Alameda, CA, USA >> >> ______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
