Saying that R is a supercharged version of Excel is like saying that a
bicycle is a supercharged version of a horse... or a piano is a
supercharged version of a guitar. And a threat to SAS was also funny
to read about. I wonder if the writer had actually seen more of R than
a screenshot, and talked to more than two users.
R has better graphics, more stuff on non-parametrics, bioinformatics
and data mining, and its price is hard to beat. Most R packages are
somebody's recent dissertations. In the end, that's a geeky software
for geeks. Stata is easier to learn, and is more oriented towards
common applications: most Stata packages cover what you see in the
textbooks.
On 1/7/09, Dan Weitzenfeld <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> Just a heads up: in today's Times, there is an article about R.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
> SAS is given specific mention, but not Stata.
> I did a search of the archives for a thread comparing R and Stata, and
> I didn't turn up much. I wonder if this article is a good occasion
> for us to list all the pros of Stata over R. =)
>
> -Dan
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