SAS-L archives -- May 2009, week 1 (#379)

Date:	Wed, 6 May 2009 17:45:27 -0400
Reply-To:	Peter Flom <peterflomconsulting@mindspring.com>
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From:	Peter Flom <peterflomconsulting@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:	Another SAS v. R thread
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Over on R-help, there is a big discussion on how great R is for data manipulation.

Most of it is just "R does it all, nothing else is needed" some of it, though, is "Why would anyone use SAS?"

I don't know enough about data manipulation in either program to say why SAS is better.

Peter

Peter L. Flom, PhD Statistical Consultant www DOT peterflomconsulting DOT com