Rolf Turner
2022-May-25 22:35 UTC
[R] Restoration of "rite" package of R as R-script editor or the like
On Wed, 25 May 2022 03:31:36 +0000 "Ebert,Timothy Aaron" <tebert at ufl.edu> wrote: <SNIP>> .... Though Excel has a macro feature where you can code in Excel ....<SNIP> Please see fortunes::fortune(198). cheers, Rolf -- Honorary Research Fellow Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
Ebert,Timothy Aaron
2022-May-25 23:52 UTC
[R] Restoration of "rite" package of R as R-script editor or the like
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. Regards, Tim -----Original Message----- From: Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:35 PM To: Ebert,Timothy Aaron <tebert at ufl.edu> Cc: Avi Gross <avigross at verizon.net>; r-help at r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Restoration of "rite" package of R as R-script editor or the like [External Email] On Wed, 25 May 2022 03:31:36 +0000 "Ebert,Timothy Aaron" <tebert at ufl.edu> wrote: <SNIP>> .... Though Excel has a macro feature where you can code in Excel ....<SNIP> Please see fortunes::fortune(198). cheers, Rolf -- Honorary Research Fellow Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
Ebert,Timothy Aaron
2022-May-26 01:01 UTC
[R] Restoration of "rite" package of R as R-script editor or the like
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 -----Original Message----- From: Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:35 PM To: Ebert,Timothy Aaron <tebert at ufl.edu> Cc: Avi Gross <avigross at verizon.net>; r-help at r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Restoration of "rite" package of R as R-script editor or the like [External Email] On Wed, 25 May 2022 03:31:36 +0000 "Ebert,Timothy Aaron" <tebert at ufl.edu> wrote: <SNIP>> .... Though Excel has a macro feature where you can code in Excel ....<SNIP> Please see fortunes::fortune(198). cheers, Rolf -- Honorary Research Fellow Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
Rui Barradas
2022-May-26 06:08 UTC
[R] Restoration of "rite" package of R as R-script editor or the like
Hello, But there's also fortunes::fortune(59) Rui Barradas ?s 23:35 de 25/05/2022, Rolf Turner escreveu:> > On Wed, 25 May 2022 03:31:36 +0000 > "Ebert,Timothy Aaron" <tebert at ufl.edu> wrote: > > <SNIP> > >> .... Though Excel has a macro feature where you can code in Excel .... > > <SNIP> > > Please see fortunes::fortune(198). > > cheers, > > Rolf >