Message-ID: <723858936.20050401131133@haskins.yale.edu>
Date: 2005-04-01T18:11:33Z
From: Dave Braze
Subject: R FAQ 2.8
In-Reply-To: <558fd38b499593376ecd1307e71ac419@soc.soton.ac.uk>
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
On Friday, April 1, 2005 at 8:30:22 AM, Robin Hankin wrote:
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?
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Dave Braze mailto:braze at haskins.yale.edu