Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-18 Thread Paul Miller
Hello Everyone,   At last count, I had 14 responses to my question. Thanks very much to everyone who replied, for helping me to understand that R is in fact capable of making publication quality tables and is very flexible in rendering these outputs. I'm still working my way through some of the

[R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread Paul Miller
Hello Everyone,   I have just started learning R and am in the process of figuring out what it can and can't do. I must say I am very impressed with R so far and am amazed that something this good can actually be free.   Recently, I finished reading R for SAS and SPSS Users and have begun

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread RICHARD M. HEIBERGER
Please look at the latex function in the Hmisc package. The default display is very good. And there are many optional arguments that give you very fine control over the appearance of the table. Rich [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread Erik Iverson
Paul Miller wrote: Hello Everyone, I have just started learning R and am in the process of figuring out what it can and can't do. I must say I am very impressed with R so far and am amazed that something this good can actually be free. Recently, I finished reading R for SAS and SPSS Users

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread Ista Zahn
Hi Paul, For instructions and examples using the Hmisc latex() function you might want to take a look at http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/S/Harrell/doc/summary.pdf. -Best, Ista On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Paul Miller pjmiller...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Everyone, I have just started learning R and

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread Douglas Bates
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Erik Iverson er...@ccbr.umn.edu wrote: Paul Miller wrote: Hello Everyone, I have just started learning R and am in the process of figuring out what it can and can't do. I must say I am very impressed with R so far and am amazed that something this good

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Paul Miller pjmiller...@yahoo.com wrote: Am I right or wrong about this? If I am wrong, can anyone show me some examples of how R can be used to create really nice looking tables? I often make tables of adverse events in clinical trials that have n(%) values

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread Erich Neuwirth
If you are working in Windows and want Word output, it might be worthwhile to have a look at SWord available from the download section on rcom.univie.ac.at. Warning: the program is free for noncommercial use, but NOT licensed under GPL or LGPL. On 3/17/2010 3:51 PM, Paul Miller wrote: Hello

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread Muenchen, Robert A (Bob)
-Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Paul Miller Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:51 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables? Hello Everyone, I have just started learning R

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
Hi Ista, Our material on statlib is far out of date. Please refer to the primary source at http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/StatReport Thanks Frank Ista Zahn wrote: Hi Paul, For instructions and examples using the Hmisc latex() function you might want to take a look at

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread s...@xlsolutions-corp.com
-686-1578 Email: sue at xlsolutions-corp.com web: www.xlsolutions-corp.com/rcourses --- On Wed, 3/17/10, Frank E Harrell Jr f.harr...@vanderbilt.edu wrote: From: Frank E Harrell Jr f.harr...@vanderbilt.edu Subject: Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables? To: Ista Zahn

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread Jim Lemon
On 03/18/2010 01:51 AM, Paul Miller wrote: Hello Everyone, I have just started learning R and am in the process of figuring out what it can and can't do. I must say I am very impressed with R so far and am amazed that something this good can actually be free. Recently, I finished reading R

Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables?

2010-03-17 Thread admin
at xlsolutions-corp.com web: www.xlsolutions-corp.com/rcourses --- On Wed, 3/17/10, Frank E Harrell Jr f.harr...@vanderbilt.edu wrote: From: Frank E Harrell Jr f.harr...@vanderbilt.edu Subject: Re: [R] How good is R at making publication quality tables? To: Ista Zahn istaz...@gmail.com Cc: r-help@r