On 03/09/12 14:15, Eric Langley wrote:> Hello All,
>
> Eric Langley here with my first post to this list. I am looking to
> determine if R is suitable for a development project I am working on
> and if so possibly finding someone proficient in R that would be
> interested in doing the coding.
Is there monetary reward involved? Or are you just counting
on people's good nature?>
> I would like to preface my inquiry that while I am not a programmer I
> can communicate in a dialog my objectives.
>
> An array of rank ordered data looks like this:
> Item-Rank First Second Third Fourth Totals
> Item1 6 8 0 0 14
> Item2 7 5 2 0 14
> Item3 1 1 11 1 14
> Item4 0 0 1 13 14
> Totals 14 14 14 14
>
> The required output of R will be two fold;
>
> 1, a numerical score for each of the Items (1-4) from highest to
> lowest and lowest to highest on a scale of 0-99 that is statistically
> accurate. For this example the scores would be Item1 highest number
> down to Item4 with the lowest number. In reverse Item4 would be the
> highest number down to Item1 the lowest number. For the Highest like
> this; Item1=94, Item2=88, Item3=48, Item4=2 (just guessing here on the
> scores...:)
>
> 2, a graphical output of the data based on the scores in three special
> graphs with a middle line at '0' and increasing numbers to the left
> AND right. The graphs plot the Highest ranked Items, the Lowest Ranked
> items and a combination of the two.
> Sample graphs are here: http://community.abeo.us/sample-graphs/
>
> Looking forward to hearing if R will be able to accomplish this.
This reminds me of
fortune("driveway")
from the "fortunes" package.
cheers,
Rolf Turner