Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-29 Thread Marc Schwartz
Peter Dalgaard wrote: >> Drats!! I almost thought that you had gotten a hold on the elusive >> problem of estimating the population of R users I suspect that the Higgs Boson will be observed well before we get reasonable estimates on that figure...just need to get the LHC back online... ;-)

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-29 Thread Mitchell Maltenfort
I thought R users were measured in fractal dimensions...or is that fractious? On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:06 AM, Detlef Steuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > >> > >> > This is the bit where I get stuck. >> >> Drats!! I almost thought that you had got

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-29 Thread Detlef Steuer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > > > > This is the bit where I get stuck. > > Drats!! I almost thought that you had gotten a hold on the elusive > problem of estimating the population of R users > We are legion! :-) I admit: that doesn't help with calculations ... Detlef

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-29 Thread Jim Lemon
Well, if you are really serious about this name business, it is much deeper than just current frequencies of names. Both the popularity of given personal names and their conjunction with family names varies over time (see http://www.galbithink.org/names.htm for a good discussion of the long ter

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-28 Thread Peter Dalgaard
David M Smith wrote: [] > "David" is the sixth most common first name in the US (with a frequency of > 2.363%) and "Smith" is the most common last name (with a frequency of > 1.006%). Now, presumably first and last names aren't chosen independently > (choice of a first name that in the same

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-28 Thread Ben Bolker
David M Smith revolution-computing.com> writes: > > David Andrew Smith from XL Solutions emailed me privately to clear up the > confusion, too (thanks, David A). To avoid any future confusion, I'll use > my middle initial (M) from now on. > > To get this thread back to R and statistics, there

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-28 Thread David M Smith
David Andrew Smith from XL Solutions emailed me privately to clear up the confusion, too (thanks, David A). To avoid any future confusion, I'll use my middle initial (M) from now on. To get this thread back to R and statistics, there might be an interesting counting problem here somewhere. :) Wh

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-28 Thread eugene dalt
Smith who prefers to be called Drew because there are 2 David smith in his department. My 2 cents ! --- On Tue, 10/28/08, Bert Gunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Bert Gunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation > T

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-28 Thread eugene dalt
Smith who prefers to be called Drew because there are 2 David smith in his department. My 2 cents ! --- On Tue, 10/28/08, Bert Gunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Bert Gunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation > T

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-28 Thread Bert Gunter
David et. al: My sentiments are the same, but my apology to you (and I'm glad to learn that it's not you!). -- Bert _ From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:09 AM To: Bert Gunter Subject: Re: [R] Recommended R books by X

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-28 Thread Steve_Friedman
I agree with Bert, The R user group lists should not be a vehicle for private commercial vendors. Steve Friedman Ph. D. Spatial Statistical Analyst Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Park 950 N Krome Ave (3rd Floor) Homestead, Florida 33034 Office (305) 224 - 4282 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [R] Recommended R books by XLSolutions Corporation

2008-10-28 Thread Bert Gunter
David: IMHO, this is beginning to be commercial abuse of this list. Please no more advertising. (Others may have different opinions). -- Bert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:33 AM To: