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Subject: Re: finding new developers
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 06:43:22 +1000
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Or perhaps start a different paradigm for adding function to PSPP
(still need developers but maybe fewer):
The big advantage of SPSS in my eyes was and is ease of use so why not
focus on the front-end role of PSPP and
put developer time there and leave the backend processing to R-Project
for the calculating side of the task.
That is, develop a general hook from PSPP into R (?start with
generating R batch files and then bring R output back into PSPP)
and focus on PSPP commands to drive that hook?
See: http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/faq.html#Merge
I think you'd better ask for a user-friendly GUI to R developers, although
there are several.
In my experience, pspp works much faster than alternatives using large data,
which is an advantage. For that and other reasons I think pspp should be
further developed. I agree that PSPPire must be on par with pspp, but the
advantage here is that pspp commands are easy to use by knowledgeable SPSS
largely unchanged.
There is an approach to pivot tables in
R http://www.rforexcelusers.com/make-pivottable-in-r/ which could
perhaps be a starter for basic CTABLES back-end functionality?
Regards
Nigel