Re: [MiKTeX] OT: A question about SPSS & LaTeX
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From: Bi-Info (http://members.home.nl/bi-info) <bi...@ho...> - 2006-06-27 20:30:48
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Dear Harold, Doran, Harold schreef: >Not true. R is, IMHO, significantly more efficient than SPSS. > True. >The xtable() function outputs tables ready for tex and the Sweave() function can be used to generate tex reports. > > Excellent. I'll try that. > >I don't know why R cannot handle your dataset without recoding.The read.spss() function in the foreign package is designed to bring in SPSS data as is. > > Reading the data is not really a problem. The alphanumeric content is somewhat of a problem (most of it is). I have to recode the complete dataset because (at least that's what I know) the statistical functions in R that I need are not suited for alphanumeric content (I have to do some crosstabulations & logits). I've tried several hours to make it work in R, but it doesn't work. But you seem to know more. If you like you can mail me personally about this, because R not a MiKTeX subject. (And I am not really a technical guy.) Thanks, Wilfred > >Harold > > >________________________________ > >From: mik...@li... on behalf of bi...@ho... >Sent: Tue 6/27/2006 12:16 PM >To: ai...@am...; A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions. >Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] OT: A question about SPSS & LaTeX > > > >Dear Alan, > >True. But SPSS is easy to handle, and R takes a lot more time. The additional problem is that it cannot handle my dataset without some serious recoding. I have an alternative route now, which is cumbersome, but it works (at least I hope). > >Thanks, > >Wilfred > >---- Alan G Isaac <ai...@am...> schrijft: > > >>On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Dimitris Kougioumtzis apparently wrote: >> >> >>>I know that this is a general question about LaTeX, but >>>since it is posted, I have a similar question (so I keep >>>the subject of Wilfred): how can objects from SPSS (tables >>>and figures) be inserted in LaTeX? It may sound silly but >>>it seems that SPSS does not give the option to save the >>>objects in a LaTeX-friendly file format as for example >>>.eps format. >>> >>> >>Once you have noticed that SPSS does not play well with >>others, perhaps the question arises: why use it? >>For free and open source alternatives, consider first >>the user friendly, fast, and quite powerful gretl, >>the famous R language, or perhaps if you love SPSS syntax, >>the PSPP endeavor. >> >>More details here: >>http://www.american.edu/econ/notes/soft.htm >> >>Cheers, >>Alan Isaac >> >> >>Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >>Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >>Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >>http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >>_______________________________________________ >>MiKTeX-Users mailing list >>MiK...@li... >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users >> >> > > >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >_______________________________________________ >MiKTeX-Users mailing list >MiK...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >_______________________________________________ >MiKTeX-Users mailing list >MiK...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > > > |