[R] Who uses R?

[(Ted Harding)]

On 25-Sep-07 10:46:17, Eleni Rapsomaniki wrote:
> Dear R users,
> 
> I have started work in a Statistics government department
> and I am trying to convince my bosses to install R on our
> computers (I can't do proper stats in Excel!!). They asked
> me to prove that this is a widely used software (and not
> just another free-source, bug infected toy I found on the
> web!) by suggesting other big organisations that use it.
> Are you aware of any reputable places (academic or not)
> that use R? (e.g. maybe you work for them)
> 
> I would be really grateful for any advice on this. Also
> suggestions on arguments I could use to persuade them that
> R is so much better than Excel would be very much appreciated.
> 
> Many Thanks
> Eleni Rapsomaniki

Dear Eleni,

You deserve all the support we can give you!

As well as the many other cogent suggestions you will get
(and I hope there will be plenty of citations of articles
published in prestigious journals), the following may also
be helpful:

Pat Altham (now retired) developed extensive teaching (and
other) materials in R at the Cambridge University Statistical
Laboratory. From her personal web page:

  "Some of the computer languages I have had to try to
   learn since graduating in 1964: Cambridge autocode,
   algol, phoenix, machine-code, Fortran, BBC-Basic,
   GLIM, GENSTAT, Linux, S-Plus and finally (probably
   the best so far!) R."

See http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~pat/ for more details
and for links to her R material.

Good luck!
Ted.

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