There is a technical report on comparison of R and other statistical software (http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/technicalreports/Number1/R_relative_statpack.pdf). You can have an overall view from this document.
You may have better chance to get answers if you specify what you want to do and if R can do it. Of course, R can read data of SPSS format by read.spss function in foreign package. Ronggui 2009/6/9 DIEGO CHAVEZ <diego.cha...@andinanet.net>: > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 5:43 PM > Subject: Question about R an SPSS > > > Dears Sirs: > Venables, Smith and R-Development Core Team > > > I am reading about the functional features of R statistical software, > because I want to compare these progarm with the basic module of SPSS > software. > I would like to know if the R version 2.9.0 application is capable of > read and procces entry files that were created in SPSS program version 17 > or earliers. > > In adittion, If you have more information about the functional > comparisons between R and SPSS software, please send to my email address > I will be grateful for you response. > > Best regards. > > Diego Chávez > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- HUANG Ronggui, Wincent PhD Candidate Dept of Public and Social Administration City University of Hong Kong Home page: http://asrr.r-forge.r-project.org/rghuang.html ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.