Not precisely what you are looking for, but perhaps http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_relative_statpack.pdf
can help. Patrick Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)20 8525 0696 http://www.burns-stat.com (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") Peter Baker (CMIS, St Lucia) wrote: >Hi > >I apologise for this question as it really must be a FAQ. Unfortunately, >I can't find the answer and I'm tired of looking at endless google results > >A colleague of mine works for a state government department that has a >policy against open source software or software tainted by open >source. Other government departments in the same state use R but this >particular department is driven by very non-numerate people and >superficially at least it appears somewhat backward IT-wise. The >department may purchase SPlus (which may be better for non programmer >types anyway) or SPSS but it would nice to have the option to use R > >The Q: > >Are there any documents/reports/papers out there justifying R that >comment on >- quality of R >- huge range of libraries available >- support (via a huge and enthusiastic user base - any ideas on how > many people use R) > >I suspect that providing existing documents would carry more weight >rather than writing a case from scratch or providing people's email >opinions > >Thanks in advance! > >Cheers >Peter > > > ______________________________________________ [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
