2/ But, the jokes about people still using SAS/SPSS aren't exactly helpful motivations. People continue using software their comfortable with because they're comfortable with it! Learning something new can be daunting, especially if you're not made of discretionary time.
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3/ Having people associated with that new space make fun of your current one doesn't exactly make the transition seem easier. Invite people to play!
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(I also say this as someone who doesn't particularly like R. Give me that snek language with meaningful whitespace! But, if you're an SPSS/SAS user, R is probably a better fit to your work.)
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(I suspect very few people these days use SAS/SPSS out of choice. Certain large organizations, however, are deeply invested on those tools and full migration is difficult and costly.)
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@jewelbarnettphd just told me the same. TIL.https://twitter.com/jewelbarnettphd/status/1127205407330639873 … - 3 more replies
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Any instructional videos or articles you recommend? (Asking as a long time SPSS user...)
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No, I’m an infrequent R user. But I’m sure
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Promoting any technology has to come from a place of empathy.
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I never fully appreciated that until recently (last few years), as I started following a lot of good developer advocates.
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My supervisor uses a lot of matlab cause that’s what he knows, but he’s dabbling in some R and I’d like to think that my awesome plots and I are to blame (at least partly)
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What are the main advantages of R over Matlab?
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