R vs SPSS
Vito Ricci wrote:
Dear all, in last weeks you discussed about R vs SAS. I want to ask your opinion about a comparison between R and SPSS. I don't know this software, but some weeks ago I went to a presentation of this product. I found it really user-friendly with GUI (even if I'd prefer command line) and very usefull and simple to use in creation and managing tables, OLAP tecniques, pivot table. What you think about? Cordially Vito
What worries me about SPSS is that it often results in poor statistical practice. The defaults in dialog boxes are not very good in some cases, and like SAS, SPSS tends to lead users to make to many assumptions (linearity in regression being one of the key ones).
Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University