Worst case scenario you can install R as a user as well, you don't need administration rights. Regarding data analysis in Excel :
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~bdm25/excel2007.pdf : peer reviewed Other sources : http://www.coventry.ac.uk/ec/~nhunt/pottel.pdf http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/files/McCullough.pdf And this one might interest the IT departement too : http://www.cropdesign.com/jobs.php CropDesign (BASF) looking for a data analyst that knows R. If BASF is using it, quite sure it's safe... Good luck convincing them. Cheers Joris On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:28 AM, McAllister, Gina <gina.mcallis...@luht.scot.nhs.uk> wrote: > I have recently started a new job at an NHS hospital in Scotland. Since > I took up this post 6 months ago I have had an ongoing dispute with the > IT secutiry dept. who refuse to install R on my computer. I previously > worked in another branch of the NHS where R was widely used and yet > there is nothing I can say which will persuade the IT dept here to even > visit the website! With some help from our head of department, they > have now agreed to install R but only if they receive an email from 'R' > ensuring that it is licensed for commercial use, is compaitable with > Windows XP and will not affect the networked computer system here. My > only other option for data anlaysis is Excel, we have no money for > S-plus or any other stats programme. Can anyone suggest anything or > send me a suitable email? > > Many thanks, > Georgina > > ***************************************************************** > The information contained in this message may be confi...{{dropped:25}} ______________________________________________ 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.