Hi, Thank you all who anwered me.
I think, I mainly thought to understand the difference between SPSS /SAS and R, but didn't really get the point (what explains the question, wich metods R can't do). Maybe, because I don't have much experience with programming (near to none). My background in stats goes also only back to indroductory classes and an advanced course in multivariate statistics. To this, I'm working with Hair, Anderson, Tatham & Blacks's "Multivariate Data Analysis" (5th Ed.) as my ressource, mainly with questionnaire analysis (Reliability Analysis and Factor Analysis, also MDS, Conjoint etc. plus sometimes standard MANOVA, Multiplke Regression etc.). So, maybe my stats aren't sophisticated enough to use R, I'm just a standard user of applied statistical methods, not an academic researcher or even a statistician. It was mainly a descision by costs, because R is free software. With the concept, I completely mistook the R concept as a programming environment more as a kind of advanced SPSS Syntax (because I also would call it "programming" when using it), which I now know, is completely wrong. So, I again thank for your help. Cheers, Frank. -- ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
