You could provide examples of errors, which Excel gives in computations, in comparison to R. Excel could not calculate inverse matrix for my task, so I was to find something better, and I've found R (it was version 1.2, as far as I remember).
My another problem was scripting (R is more convenient, but harder to learn). You can also notice the publication quality graphics. e.rapsomaniki wrote: > > Dear R users, > > I have started work in a Statistics government department and I am trying > to > convince my bosses to install R on our computers (I can't do proper stats > in > Excel!!). They asked me to prove that this is a widely used software (and > not > just another free-source, bug infected toy I found on the web!) by > suggesting > other big organisations that use it. Are you aware of any reputable places > (academic or not) that use R? (e.g. maybe you work for them) > > I would be really grateful for any advice on this. Also suggestions on > arguments > I could use to persuade them that R is so much better than Excel would be > very > much appreciated. > > Many Thanks > Eleni Rapsomaniki > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Who-uses-R--tf4514754.html#a12877703 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.
