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On 11/9/2015 3:15 PM, Nigel Brown
wrote:
In the context of the FAQ then that says “ If you want an
import/export filter or some other feature to help PSPP
complement your favourite program, then please talk to us
about it.”
Could we talk about an export filter to R (I like using
PSPP for data clean up but R for factor analysis) and an
import filter from R output? A configurable export/import
filter to help PSPP complement R would be my request in the
context of the FAQ sentiment.
Nigel,
I agree that I think SPSS/PSPP has some unique value for data
cleaning. I'm sure you can get things accomplished in R but I think
it's easier in SPSS/PSPP. (Although R has more varied missing data
treatments.)
But what exactly do you mean about exporting to R? R already has
the foreign package that reads SPSS SAV files, so go ahead and do
whatever you want with the data and then use foreign to read the
data into R.
I have coworkers that could set up a gui based request in PSPP press a button that says <ok> and, without caring whether it was exported to R or another package and results imported, interpret the stats that come back. I don't think they would care to learn R for this site when they are in real SPSS when working at another place. That is, if they can stay in a PSPP like environment they are more productive. It does make PSPP a bit like a front-end for 20% of the task but data cleaning and stats already in PSPP is 80% of what they need. The extra 20% varies from project to project so would be a big job to add the full breath of the 20% to PSPP.
Regards Nigel
The enormous irony is that the foreign package is built on code from
PSPP that Ben wrote.
If the foreign package needs updating, then bug that developer.
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