[Blindmath] Stats packages

Sun Aug 2 10:24:26 UTC 2009

Hi,

Count me in as a hopefully appropriate guinea pig.
I would be glad to help.

Regards

"Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet." 
~ Mark Twain

--- On Sun, 7/19/09, Matthew_2010 <Matthew_2010 at charter.net> wrote:

> From: Matthew_2010 <Matthew_2010 at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Stats packages
> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Sunday, July 19, 2009, 5:30 AM
> Jonathan,
> 
> If you do indeed decide to compile these tutorials I would
> definitely like to help you out--time permitting of course.
> Thank you for this information below. The R Basic I'm
> referring to is what I believed the entire software suite to
> be titled, but I'm sure I'm wrong as this is my first
> exposure to R. I wrote because R appears to be a main piece
> of software with many add-on modules. The version for
> download as well as the current version and the newer beta
> version created a little confusion and I was simply asking
> the list to point me to a link or give me the name of the
> executable I should download in order to avoid installing an
> incorrect version. Time is scarce for all of us now a days
> and spending hours trying to get an application installed
> only to find its the wrong one will definitely drive one
> nuts. I did in fact run into this cran and determined it was
> a source of all versions of this software. Thanks for the
> info and once again I hope to be able to assist you in your
> efforts to help others learn this application.
> 
> Matthew
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Godfrey"
> <a.j.godfrey at massey.ac.nz>
> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics"
> <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Stats packages
> 
> 
> > Hi Matthew et al.,
> > 
> > I'm sitting in a meeting but R is a passion so am
> responding briefly.
> > 
> > Check our list's archive for several postings I have
> made re R.
> > 
> > When you say "R basic" I'm not entirely sure what you
> mean by "basic".
> > R is available via the CRAN which is the comprehensive
> R archive network. This is an increasing number of servers
> holding all current R source code, program installers and
> contributed packages.
> > 
> > Terminal mode in R means it feels like working in a
> command prompt window. The normal way of running R is via a
> GUI front end. The GUI is not comprehensive at all and in
> fact offers no statistical analysis shortcuts. R is used by
> writing commands (one way or another).
> > 
> > I am developing suitable documents for blind users of
> R to work with. Guinea pigs are sought and I will send them
> to you when they are available if you choose to go ahead
> with R.
> > 
> > Jonathan
> > At 06:54 a.m. 19/07/2009, you wrote:
> >> I have taken a look at the website for this R
> basic stats package,  and I'm not clear on what is
> meant by terminal application mode. Please elaborate if you
> have the time. I will definitely appreciate it since it
> looks like what I will ultimately be using.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> 
> >> Matthew
> >> 
> >> ---- Original Message ----- From: "Alastair
> Irving" <alastair.irving at sjc.ox.ac.uk>
> >> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in
> mathematics" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:30 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Stats packages
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> Hi
> >>> 
> >>> R is accessible, as it can be used as a
> terminal application.  I know several people on the
> list use it successfully and I recall there being some
> useful information in the archives about setting it up
> optimally.
> >>> 
> >>> I don't have any experience with SPSS, as far
> as I know R can do anything that SPSS can and R is free, so
> it seems like the most sensible package to learn unless you
> are specifically required to use SPSS.
> >>> 
> >>> Alastair
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Matthew_2010 wrote:
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>> 
> >>>> I'm wondering if there have been any
> developments in the ability of screen readers to convey
> on-screen information for any of the stats applications out
> there such as SPSS and so on. If so please convey. I've also
> bumped into a free open source stats package called R basic.
> Is this accessible at all? Absolutely all information will
> be greatly appreciated.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> 
> >>>> Matthew
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>>
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