[R] R suitability for development project

[Rolf Turner]

On 03/09/12 14:15, Eric Langley wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Eric Langley here with my first post to this list. I am looking to
> determine if R is suitable for a development project I am working on
> and if so possibly finding someone proficient in R that would be
> interested in doing the coding.
     Is there monetary reward involved?  Or are you just counting
     on people's good nature?
>
> I would like to preface my inquiry that while I am not a programmer I
> can communicate in a dialog my objectives.
>
> An array of rank ordered data looks like this:
> Item-Rank  First  Second  Third  Fourth  Totals
> Item1         6       8           0       0          14
> Item2         7       5           2       0          14
> Item3         1       1          11      1          14
> Item4         0       0           1       13        14
> Totals        14      14        14      14
>
> The required output of R will be two fold;
>
> 1, a numerical score for each of the Items (1-4) from highest to
> lowest and lowest to highest on a scale of 0-99 that is statistically
> accurate. For this example the scores would be Item1 highest number
> down to Item4 with the lowest number. In reverse Item4 would be the
> highest number down to Item1 the lowest number. For the Highest like
> this; Item1=94, Item2=88, Item3=48, Item4=2 (just guessing here on the
> scores...:)
>
> 2, a graphical output of the data based on the scores in three special
> graphs with a middle line at '0' and increasing numbers to the left
> AND right. The graphs plot the Highest ranked Items, the Lowest Ranked
> items and a combination of the two.
> Sample graphs are here: http://community.abeo.us/sample-graphs/
>
> Looking forward to hearing if R will be able to accomplish this.

     This reminds me of

         fortune("driveway")

     from the "fortunes" package.


         cheers,

             Rolf Turner