Re: [R] Waaaayy off topic...Statistical methods, pub bias, scientific validity

2011-01-07 Thread Joel Schwartz
The issue Spencer brings up is a problem whether the funding is private or public. Just as businesses fund studies that support their goals, government agencies fund studies that justify the need for their services and expansion of their powers and budgets. In fact, there's a whole field of study v

Re: [R] package survey

2010-12-18 Thread Joel Schwartz
> -Original Message- > From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsem...@comcast.net] > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 5:54 PM > To: Joel Schwartz > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] package survey > > > On Dec 18, 2010, at 8:11 PM, Joel Schwartz wro

Re: [R] package survey

2010-12-18 Thread Joel Schwartz
> and does anyone know if it is possible to find the codes for > functions in survey package? Yes, you can find the code by doing the following: 1) Go to the CRAN R package list (http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/), scroll down to the "survey" package link and click on it. 2) Scroll down t

Re: [R] pdf package help files

2010-12-18 Thread Joel Schwartz
I think that should have been help.start() Joel > -Original Message- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Spencer Graves > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 1:35 PM > To: Duncan Murdoch > Cc: r-help@r-project.org; eric > Subject: Re