[R] Restoration of "rite" package of R as R-script editor or the like

Ebert,Timothy Aaron tebert @end|ng |rom u||@edu
Thu May 26 03:01:19 CEST 2022


I agree about not using Excel for statistical analyses in research. I never do. That said, I see many colleagues using Excel and I cannot stop them. They listen politely then move on. With luck, all of the students will love computers, become expert at using them and can graduate out of Excel and into R. However, Excel has other uses and their new found skill in Excel will help them in other tasks. The problem in the original post was about teaching R to a bunch of students some of whom had never seen a computer or smart phone. To get them computer literate, programming,  and statistically savvy in one semester or even two seems a bit much to ask. It often takes more than one course to get from "Hello world" to technically competent in one programming language even without a statistics component.

Regards,
Tim

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From: Rolf Turner <r.turner using auckland.ac.nz> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:35 PM
To: Ebert,Timothy Aaron <tebert using ufl.edu>
Cc: Avi Gross <avigross using verizon.net>; r-help using r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Restoration of "rite" package of R as R-script editor or the like

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On Wed, 25 May 2022 03:31:36 +0000
"Ebert,Timothy Aaron" <tebert using ufl.edu> wrote:

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> .... Though Excel has a macro feature where you can code in Excel ....

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Please see fortunes::fortune(198).

cheers,

Rolf

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