New York Times Article: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Simon Blomberg <s.blomberg1 at uq.edu.au> wrote:
"Some people familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software..."
Maybe it's my dry Australian humour, but I think this should go into the fortunes package.
The irony of that quote is great, but I'd guess it's also an effective bit of advertising. Akin to Gary Larson's famous "what dogs hear" cartoon (link below), I can envision many managers reading the article and seeing something like: "blah blah blah blah supercharged version of Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software that can help illuminate data trends more clearly blah blah blah blah ...." ;-) Kingsford Jones http://www.flickr.com/photos/sluggerotoole/153603564/
Simon. -- Simon Blomberg, BSc (Hons), PhD, MAppStat. Lecturer and Consultant Statistician Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia Room 320 Goddard Building (8) T: +61 7 3365 2506 http://www.uq.edu.au/~uqsblomb email: S.Blomberg1_at_uq.edu.au Policies: 1. I will NOT analyse your data for you. 2. Your deadline is your problem. The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data. - John Tukey.
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