[Blindmath] Stats packages

Sun Jul 19 00:00:23 UTC 2009

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" 
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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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