>To bring this back to be somewhat on topic for this list, my >point is that R has a well designed interface. It may not be all >things to all users, but it is really good for the users that are >willing to learn it. While there might be some more powerful >interfaces possible with a gui and a mouse (identify and xgobi >for example), there will always be users who aren't willing or >able to look beyond it or learn the details. The same goes with >the syntax of t.test - some people are able and willing to learn >it and some aren't.
>Mike The other thing that I like about R in its present and past versions is that it has forced me to deal much more with the statistics side of analyses than when I was an SPSS user. If nothing else, it has made me realize there are a variety of ways to do principal component analysis! Best, MEH -- Mark Hall Niigata Prefectural Museum of History <> ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
