>To bring this back to be somewhat on topic for this list, my
>point is that R has a well designed interface. It may not be all
>things to all users, but it is really good for the users that are
>willing to learn it. While there might be some more powerful
>interfaces possible with a gui and a mouse (identify and xgobi
>for example), there will always be users who aren't willing or
>able to look beyond it or learn the details. The same goes with
>the syntax of t.test - some people are able and willing to learn
>it and some aren't.
>Mike
The other thing that I like about R in its present and past versions is that it
has forced
me to deal much more with the statistics side of analyses than when I was an
SPSS
user. If nothing else, it has made me realize there are a variety of ways to do
principal component analysis!
Best, MEH
--
Mark Hall
Niigata Prefectural Museum of History
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