On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Michael <comtech....@gmail.com> wrote: > I didn't mean the speed of saving the file is slow... I meant the manual > procedures of exporting and then opening Excel, etc. is slow and > inconvenient and unproductive... > You may want to use RExcel then.
Liviu > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:38 PM, R. Michael Weylandt < > michael.weyla...@gmail.com> <michael.weyla...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think what most everyone is getting at is that the visual identification >> of numeric outliers is an exceedingly difficult task and one we humans are >> not well evolved for. Rather they are all suggesting you use visual >> techniques to spot and fix outliers individually. This practice has a long >> and reputable history in statistics and has been shown to be far more >> efficient than simply scanning pages of numbers for a single misplaced >> decimal. In conjunction, I'd also recommend use of the identify() function, >> which serves just this purpose. >> >> If you have so much data that the csv export is unbearably slow it seems >> unlikely you can check it all by hand. >> >> Another, more general, methodology if you are worried about data >> corruption is to use robust statistics when applicable. >> >> Michael >> >> On Dec 5, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Michael <comtech....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > In R-Studio, "edit" gives non-grid based format which is similar to >> "fix"... >> > >> > But exporting to Excel is time-consuming... >> > >> > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:17 PM, jim holtman <jholt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> 'edit' does allow you to change it. If all else fails, export to >> >> Excel, split the screen and then synchronize the two displays. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Michael <comtech....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> View doesn't allow editing? And not multi-window so I cannot put >> >> variables >> >>> side-by-side for comparsion? Thanks! >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 7:37 PM, jim holtman <jholt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> Have you tried >> >>>> >> >>>> ?View >> >>>> ?edit >> >>>> >> >>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Bert Gunter <gunter.ber...@gene.com> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> ... and do you really think perusing thousands of numbers by eye is >> >>>>> any way to edit/check data?! >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Personal viewpoint: I would say that this is a large area of >> >>>>> statistics and data analysis that the discipline fails to address in >> >>>>> any systematic way ... perhaps because there is no way to address it >> >>>>> systematically? Contrary views and corrections -- especially >> >>>>> references! -- would be very welcome. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> My advice would be: graphics! -- but I can't provide anything more >> >>>>> useful without the specifics of the problem. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Some packages may provide the interactivity you seek -- check the >> CRAN >> >>>>> GUI task view, R Commander, etc. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -- Bert >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Michael <comtech....@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>>>>> head, tail and fix commands don't really work well if I have large >> >>>>>> matrix/array for which I would like to be able to scroll up and dow, >> >>>>>> left >> >>>>>> and right ... >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Could anybody please help me? >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Thanks >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> ______________________________________________ >> >>>>>> 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<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> <http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> >>>>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Bert Gunter >> >>>>> Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Internal Contact Info: >> >>>>> Phone: 467-7374 >> >>>>> Website: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >> >> http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm >> >>>>> >> >>>>> ______________________________________________ >> >>>>> 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<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> <http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> >>>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> Jim Holtman >> >>>> Data Munger Guru >> >>>> >> >>>> What is the problem that you are trying to solve? >> >>>> Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it. >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Jim Holtman >> >> Data Munger Guru >> >> >> >> What is the problem that you are trying to solve? >> >> Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it. >> >> >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > 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<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail ______________________________________________ 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.
