[Blindmath] Stats packages

Sun Jul 19 03:21:51 UTC 2009

For those interested, the direct download link for R for Windows is:
http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/windows/base/R-2.9.1-win32.exe

The download website is:
http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/

When downloading I experienced a little anomaly. the download was moving 
along just fine until I reached 99%. at this point my connection seem to 
hand and I just left the connection alone to see what would happen. At about 
9 minutes I was given the message that my download had completed. My point, 
give the download some time if it seems to hang. I'm using IE 7.0.

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 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Stats packages

> Hi,
>
> The file for windows you want is called
>
> R-2.9.1-win32.exe
>
> You shouldn't worry about the beta option. This is left for the 
> development team which is seemingly huge.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> At 12:00 p.m. 19/07/2009, you wrote:
>>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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