R FAQ 2.8

In a paper for which I recently received reviews, I have the sentence
"Statistical analyses were carried out with the R statistical system (R
Development Core Team, 2004)." Reviewers did not complain (about that).
The particular journal falls in the domain of applied psychology.

-Dave Braze

RH> Hi

RH> [thanks to everyone for advice on Recall() and sapply()]

RH> The R FAQ section 2.8 discusses how to cite R in publications, but does 
RH> not (AFAICS) tell
RH> me how to describe R in a sentence.

RH> To wit, in my latest paper (destined for Rnews)  one sentence reads:

RH> "The R programming language (3) has been applied . . ."

RH> where reference (3) is R Core 2004.

RH> Now, the referee has pointed out that the expression "R computer 
RH> language" is not
RH> to be encouraged, as R is an implementation of the S language.

RH> How would the List rephrase my sentence above?



RH>   I also use the phrase "R code", which the referee flags for rewording 
RH> (on similar
RH> grounds to the above).

RH> Any suggestions for this?

Dave Braze                           mailto:braze at haskins.yale.edu