[R] moses extreme reaction test

Berend Hasselman bhh at xs4all.nl
Wed Apr 9 08:48:29 CEST 2014


On 09-04-2014, at 00:56, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:

> 
> On Apr 8, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Bert Gunter wrote:
> 
>> Just for the fun of it, I searched for "R package moses extreme
>> reaction test"  on google. The 8th hit was the package DescTools, but
>> that included the 3 earlier hits and responses from r-help.
>> 
>> So I guess the point is that "Learn to Search" may even be a bit over
>> the top -- is there anyone on the internet who does not use standard
>> search engines like google, bing, and yahoo?
> 
> I don't think I'm the only one. Using Spencer Graves' excellent package is very convenient and has delivered many answers to questions posed on R help. It pops up a browser window directly from an R console command. I like the fact that I get an R help page with `findFn`. I suspect it has prevented many more questions that we never see. 
> 
> The other search tool I have used in preference to Google is Markmail. I find Google to be sometimes non-specific and possesses an very annoying tendency to give priority to Nabble citations. None of the first page Google citations actually answered the question when I tried. Rseek was much better, but I have found it to be less focused than sos::findFn.  De gustibus non disputandem, I suppose.
> 

For the record:  De gustibus non est disputandum

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_gustibus_non_est_disputandum

Berend




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