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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi all,<BR>my name is Veronica, I'm a psychologist
with a Ph.D in Organizational Psychology, I live in Cagliari (italy).<BR>I have
used SPSS and some years ago LISREL (for confirmatory analysis and structural
equation models).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Now I'm very interested in learning to analyze
survey data with R.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have launched R term, and when I try to use it as
calculator I found some problems.<BR>For example, When I hit 5 + 5 and ENTER,
Jaws reads 1 25<BR>Whenb I hit 25 * 25, it says 1650</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have R 3.0.2 and Jaws 14 under windows seven 32
bit.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Do you know if it's possible to eliminate the
number "1" in the reading of the result?<BR>Second, is it possible to repeat the
result?<BR>Third, are there any accessible libraries?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Many thanks for this useful mailing
list!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cheers </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Veronica</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=blindrug@nfbnet.org href="mailto:blindrug@nfbnet.org">Donald H.
Shepherd via BlindRUG</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=A.J.Godfrey@massey.ac.nz
href="mailto:A.J.Godfrey@massey.ac.nz">'Godfrey, Jonathan'</A> ; <A
title=blindrug@nfbnet.org href="mailto:blindrug@nfbnet.org">'Blind R Users
Group'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 07, 2015 5:21
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [BlindRUG]
Introductions</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Hi,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">My name is Donald
Shepherd. I am state coordinator for the Behavioral Risk Factor Survey
in Iowa. I have used SPSS and SAS, but mostly SAS in recent years.
In fact, I have SAS certification. There is a movement to move to R in
the survey analysis field, so I thought I should learn it. I have a copy
I downloaded and have worked through the demos. I still don’t feel like
I know how to actually use it, however. Hoping to learn some things
here.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B>From:</B> BlindRUG [mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Godfrey, Jonathan via BlindRUG<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday,
February 5, 2015 2:22 AM<BR><B>To:</B> BlindRUG@nfbnet.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[BlindRUG] Introductions<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>Thank you all for joining the BlindRUG. I
look forward to getting to know how each of you is using R so that I can learn
from you and improve my use of R. I certainly don’t profess to know everything
about R and the many ways anyone will use it, but I do think I’ve got a pretty
good handle on how blind users can use it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>I’d like those of you who feel inclined to
let the rest of us know who you are and how much you use R, or want to use R
in the future. As list moderator I can see who is on the list. I know some
list members aren’t blind but do have an interest in how blind users will
fare. Welcome to you too. Finally before I share my R history, please do feel
free to let anyone else you know that is using R know about the BlindRUG. The
more the merrier.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>I work at Massey University in New Zealand
as a Senior Lecturer in Statistics. To my knowledge, there is only one other
blind lecturer in statistics (Theodor Loots from Pretoria) and I think it’s
time this changed. There are a few other blind lecturers that teach
statistical topics within their chosen area of application as well of
course.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>I’ve been using R for well over eight
years now. I migrated to R when the licence for my SPlus software ran out and
other software options were letting me down. I still used Minitab for teaching
until 2009. The only time I have opened other statistical software since then
is to test its usefulness or to run a program provided by a statistical
consulting client or research collaborator.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>R is used in all courses I teach beyond
first year including a few where I have ended up being responsible for
converting all course material to incorporate R code and output. In most
instances, I have used Sweave so I didn’t need to copy and paste output etc.
into my LaTeX files. I have been using Rmarkdown for the same purposes since
mid-2014. I hope we’ll talk about these work practices soon. (This is the way
most of the material on the R-Resources pages is
created.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>I am maintainer of four packages on CRAN,
including the BrailleR package which is the most relevant to this audience.
I’ll want to introduce that to you very soon too. This package has one major
purpose – make using R even easier (efficiency and effectiveness) for blind
users.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>I run R under Windows, but also have a
Cygwin installation for testing the performance of a couple of little tricks
for running scripts on Linux servers used by one of my major
clients.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>I think that’s enough for now. Please
reply with your own details if you like.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ>Jonathan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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BlindRUG:<BR>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindrug_nfbnet.org/veronica.mattana%40gmail.com<BR>The
list archive can be viewed
at:<BR>http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindrug_nfbnet.org<BR>More information
and useful links about using R as a blind person can be obtained
at:<BR>http://R-Resources.massey.ac.nz<BR><BR>Look for help using R commands
by reading the accessible e-book "Let's Use R Now" compiled by Jonathan
Godfrey
at:<BR>http://R-Resources.massey.ac.nz/lurn/front.html<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>