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> On 10 Nov 2015, at 7:55 AM, Alan Mead <ame...@alanmead.org> wrote: > > > >> On 11/9/2015 3:15 PM, Nigel Brown wrote: >> In the context of the FAQ then that says “If you want an import/export >> filter or some other feature to help PSPP complement your favourite program, >> then please talk to us about it.” >> Could we talk about an export filter to R (I like using PSPP for data clean >> up but R for factor analysis) and an import filter from R output? A >> configurable export/import filter to help PSPP complement R would be my >> request in the context of the FAQ sentiment. > > Nigel, > > I agree that I think SPSS/PSPP has some unique value for data cleaning. I'm > sure you can get things accomplished in R but I think it's easier in > SPSS/PSPP. (Although R has more varied missing data treatments.) > > But what exactly do you mean about exporting to R? R already has the foreign > package that reads SPSS SAV files, so go ahead and do whatever you want with > the data and then use foreign to read the data into R. > I have coworkers that could set up a gui based request in PSPP press a button that says <ok> and, without caring whether it was exported to R or another package and results imported, interpret the stats that come back. I don't think they would care to learn R for this site when they are in real SPSS when working at another place. That is, if they can stay in a PSPP like environment they are more productive. It does make PSPP a bit like a front-end for 20% of the task but data cleaning and stats already in PSPP is 80% of what they need. The extra 20% varies from project to project so would be a big job to add the full breath of the 20% to PSPP. Regards Nigel > The enormous irony is that the foreign package is built on code from PSPP > that Ben wrote. > > If the foreign package needs updating, then bug that developer. > > -Alan > > > -- > > Alan D. Mead, Ph.D. > President, Talent Algorithms Inc. > > science + technology = better workers > > +815.588.3846 (Office) > +267.334.4143 (Mobile) > > http://www.alanmead.org > > Announcing the Journal of Computerized Adaptive Testing (JCAT), a > peer-reviewed electronic journal designed to advance the science and > practice of computerized adaptive testing: http://www.iacat.org/jcat
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