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Re:A newcomer’s (angry) guide to R by edtechdev on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:39PM (#17307604)
It's better than forcing students to pay for proprietary statistical analysis tools like SPSS, etc.
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Re:A newcomer’s (angry) guide to R by curiousgal on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:45PM (#17307656)
There are running jokes amongst stats students about those who resort to using SPSS and EViews. It's mostly because of the GUI as most of the students use SAS (proprietary and expensive) as well as R.
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