Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : r-other-gking-zelig
Version : 1.0-1
Upstream Authors: Kosuke Imai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gary King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Olivia Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://gking.harvard.edu/zelig/
* License : GPL
Description : A unified front-end for estimating statistical models in
GNU R
The upstream authors describe Zelig ("Everyone's Statistical
Software"), in part, as follows:
With thousands of contributors who have written hundreds of packaged
routines, R can deal with nearly any statistical problem. Although
this high level of participation may be its greatest strength, the
enormous diversity in approaches to statistical inference covered by R
often results in a virtual babel of competing functions and
inconsistent syntax.
To address these problems from a common perspective, we have created
Zelig, a single, easy-to-use program, with a unified framework and
syntax, that can estimate, help interpret, and present the results of
a large range of statistical methods. It literally _is_ "everyone's
statistical software" because Zelig uses R code from many researchers.
We also hope it will _become_ "everyone's statistical software" for
applications, and we have designed it so that anyone can use it or add
their methods to it. Zelig comes with detailed, self-contained
documentation that minimizes startup costs for Zelig and R, automates
graphics and summaries for all models, and, with only three simple
commands required, generally makes the power of R accessible for all
users. Zelig also works well for teaching, and is designed so that
scholars can use the same program they use for their research.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.3
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
