Welcome to r4stats.com. This site’s mission is to analyze the world of analytics, with a special focus on R. R is free, open source, analytic software that is similar to the “big three” commercial packages: SAS, SPSS and Stata.
Under Articles you’ll find an analysis of software popularity; a list of add-on products for SAS and SPSS as well as the R packages that do similar things; the many ways to call R from other software; and some tips about using Excel for data entry. Shorter commentary is listed under Blog. A extensive set of programs showing how to do the same tasks in R, SAS, SPSS and Stata are listed under Examples. You’ll find information about my books, R for SAS and SPSS Users and R for Stata Users under Books. My reviews of other books is listed under Miscellaneous. Finally, you can learn about the training I offer under Workshops.
I welcome comments or suggestions regarding this site or analytics in general, so feel free to contact me at muenchen.bob@gmail.com or on Twitter, @BobMuenchen.
Hi, I am a student studying statistics in KU Leuven in Belgium. Recently my professor referred this website at class. And I find it is really helpful for my study. I am looking forward to more research and articles in your website!
Yang Zhenkai
Hi Yang Zhenkai,
I’m glad you found it useful!
Cheers, Bob
Do you have any information on visualization packages such as D3 open source vs commercial packages. Really enjoyed your articles on R!
Cheers, Jim
Hi Jim,
No, I don’t have any info on the popularity of visualization packages. However, R’s ggplot2 package is wonderful & you can control it through PlotBuilder:
I’ve also been impressed by the free VISIT program:
https://wci.llnl.gov/codes/visit/
D3 is new to me but it looks pretty interesting.
Cheers,
Bob
Hi Edwina,
Thanks, it’s just fascinating to watch the battle for dominance among these packages.
Cheers,
Bob
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Hi Bob, I’m a graduate student at American University. I am writing about stat packages for an independent study. I would love your input/just to share it with you, because I use your blog as a source.
Hi Sai M,
I’d be happy to help. You can reach me at muenchen.bob@gmail.com.
Cheers,
Bob