r-project

satimis · 12-21-2007, 08:49 AM

Hi folks,

Any folk has experience on r-Project;
http://www.r-project.org/

Please shed me some light on its main application with examples.

The package is availabl on Ubuntu repo;

$ apt-cache policy r-base-html

Code:

r-base-html:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.4.1-1
  Version table:
     2.4.1-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages

$ apt-cache policy r-doc-pdf

Code:

r-doc-pdf:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.4.1-1
  Version table:
     2.4.1-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages

I have been googling a while, Not much information discovered.

What is R?
Introduction to R
has some explanation there on the application of r-project.

What is the difference in application amongst;

SPSS
http://www.spss.com/
The commercial statistic computing software

PSPP
http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/
The Open Source statistic computing software

and

R-Project
???

I know the former 2. SPSS is very expensive. PSPP is free to use. I want to test PSPP if I have time.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Nylex · 12-21-2007, 08:56 AM

Statistical analysis? I've used R for plotting data, histograms, time series analysis (in terms of fitting time series models to data and using said models for predicting the future of a time series).

There is a language called S, which is proprietary. R is a free implementation of S and is sometimes referred to as "GNU S". Not sure about SPSS or PSPP as I've never used them.

Hangdog42 · 12-21-2007, 01:44 PM

If you're interested in how R can be used, have a look at the Bioconductor project.

satimis · 12-22-2007, 05:59 AM

Hi folks,

Thanks for your advice.

satimis