Matthew Keller wrote: > Far from flaming you, I think you made a good point - one that I > imagine most people who use R have come across. The name "R" is a big > impediment to effective online searches. As a check, I entered "R > software", "SAS software", SPSS software", and "S+ software" into > google. The R 'hit rate' was only ten out of the first 20 results (I > didn't look any further). For the other three software packages, the > hit rates were all 100% (20/20). > > I do wonder if anything can/should be done about this. I generally > search using the term "CRAN" but of course, that omits lots of stuff > relevant to R. Any ideas about how to do effective online searches for > "R" related materials? > Try "r stats". I get 18/20 on Google with that.
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