Matthew Keller wrote: > Bob, > > 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? > > Matt
I just googled for "R" and www.r-project.org was the first hit. Don't see a problem at present. Frank > > > On 2/6/07, Wensui Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've been looking for job that allows me to use R/S+ since I got out >> of graduate school 2 years ago but with no success. I am wondering if >> there is something that can be done to promote the use of R in >> industry. >> >> It's been very frustrating to see people doing statistics using >> excel/spss and even more frustrating to see people paying $$$ for >> something much inferior to R. >> >> >> On 2/6/07, Doran, Harold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The other day, CNN had a story on working at Google. Out of curiosity, I >>> went to the Google employment web site (I'm not looking, but just >>> curious). In perusing their job posts for statisticians, preference is >>> given to those who use R and python. Other languages, S-Plus and >>> something called SAS were listed as lower priorities. >>> >>> When I started using Python, I noted they have a portion of the web site >>> with job postings. CRAN does not have something similar, but think it >>> might be useful. I think R is becoming more widely used in industry and >>> I wonder if helping it move along a bit, the maintainer of CRAN could >>> create a section of the web site devoted to jobs where R is a >>> requirement. >>> >>> Hence, we could have our own little "monster.com" kind of thing going >>> on. Of the multitude of ways the gospel can be spread, this is small. >>> But, I think every small step forward is good. >>> >>> Anyone think this is useful? >>> >>> Harold >>> >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. >>> >> >> -- >> WenSui Liu >> A lousy statistician who happens to know a little programming >> (http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog) >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. >> > > -- Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.