R help - Jan 2004 - boot vs. bootstrap

Dear R People:

There is a library boot and another one bootstrap.

When is it preferable to use one or the other, please?

In particular, I was wondering about the function boot in the boot
library and the function bootstrap in the bootstrap library.

Those are the main bootstrap functions.

R Version 1.8.1 for Windows.

Thank you for your help in advance!

Sincerely,
Erin Hodgess
mailto: hodgess at gator.uhd.edu

Package bootstrap is orphaned, that is no longer maintained.

Package boot is much more comprehensive, and a recommended package.

That suggests to me that you always use boot: I do.


On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Erin Hodgess wrote:
> There is a library boot and another one bootstrap.
> 
> When is it preferable to use one or the other, please?
> 
> In particular, I was wondering about the function boot in the boot
> library and the function bootstrap in the bootstrap library.
> 
> Those are the main bootstrap functions.
> 
> R Version 1.8.1 for Windows.

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