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5 messages · Rolf Turner, David Winsemius, Pascal Oettli +1 more

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Rolf Turner
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This is a cry for help.  My apologies for taking up bandwidth
with an issue that is not really on topic.  But I really do want
to acquire the requested information.

In the course of preparing my PBRF (performance based research
funds) portfolio for the upcoming PBRF exercise here in New Zealand,
I have been advised that I should provide some estimate of the number
of "active users" of the spatstat package (of which I am a co-developer with
Adrian Baddeley) and which I am touting as one of my contributions to the
well-being of the universe.

So how do I estimate the number of "active users"?  Bozhemoi!

I decided I'd do a survey of the r-help list.

So *please* respond (VERY briefly) to this email, saying just

"Yes I am an active spatstat user", or

"No I am not an active spatstat user".

Please don't alter the subject line.

Please respond immediately if you're going to respond at all;
I need to have this stuff done by the afternoon of Fri. 30 March
2012, New Zealand time.

I leave it to you to decide what "*active* user" means.  I guess
if you've done more than just had a brief vague look at the package .....

I hope to be able to tally the Yes's and No's, take the ratio of
the Yes count to the total count, multiply by the total number
of subscribers to r-help (which I *hope* to be able to find out
from the list maintainer).  And there's my estimate.

Please don't waste your time telling me this is a load of
dingos' kidneys.  I know that.  The pitfalls and unsatisfied assumptions
outnumber the stars in the sky.  But what else can I do, eh?

Thank you for your time and forbearance.

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner
Rolf Turner
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Further to my cri de coeur of yesterday, asking people to indicate
whether they are "active spatstat users".  I've had quite a few replies
but I'd like a lot more.  Please answer; it'll only take you a few seconds.
Just reply to this email with a "Yes" (yes I am an active spatstat user)
or "No" (no I am not an active spatstat user).

Again I apologise for presuming upon your good nature and for taking
up bandwidth, but this PBRF exercise is really quite important to my 
department
and to my university.

Thanks.

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner