Date:         Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:40:00 -0700
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Subject:      Re: what is "R"? Is it difficult to learn "R"?
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Not really a SAS question. If you type "R" (capital r) in Google,
you'll get their website http://www.r-project.org/. The faq explains
what R is. Basically, it's a statistical programming language. It's
more flexible but more complex and harder to learn and to use than
statistical packages like SAS, SPSS, Stata. On the other hand, there
are a lot of cutting edge techniques available on R that aren't
available anywhere else. It's a good option if you want to experiment
with new techniques, develop your own, or if you're on a low budget.

See http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/technicalreports/ for a second
opinion.

Good luck,
John Hendrickx

On 7 sep, 07:50, zencaroline <zencarol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>   Hello,
>
>    At your possible convenience, might any expert please kindly answer
> my equestions? Thank you very much.
>     I am suggested to use "R".
>
>     1) What is "R"?
>
>     2) Is it difficult to learn "R"?
>
>    Thank you very much.
>
>    Please take care
>
>    Caroline