The exact figure is 10.473 years, as calculated with new function in S-PLUS
7 :-
> args(compareWithInferiorSoftware)
function(software = "SAS", honesty = T, unbiased = T)
NULL
Sorry ... couldn't resist ...
Rich.
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Sent: 07 July 2005 18:43
To: Janusz Kawczak
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Subject: Re: [S] SAS Programming Tip from SAS Certified Professional - Sunil
Janusz Kawczak wrote:
> I agree that this group is not for SAS. However, may I (we) know how did
> you arrive at your 10 years gap assessment. Please note, I am not a
> proponent of either of these packages but merely would like to know the
> quantitative method(s)s you used to reach your final conclusion.
>
> Best, Janusz.
This is based on a scientific formal analysis: I used SAS for 22 years
and have used S-Plus/R for 14 years, looked at the quality of analyses
done by SAS users, S-Plus/R users, and myself, looked at the gap between
methods in the stat literature and software, and come up with the 10
year figure in my head. :-)
Frank
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> On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:
>
>
>>GuptaProgramming@cs.com wrote:
>>
>>> Hi SAS Users,
>>>
>>>I thought you might be interested in this tip I wrote for SAS. It is one
>>>of many useful techniques in my latest book, Sharpening Your SAS Skills,
>>>(www.crcpress.com).
>>>
>>>SAS Programming Tip from SAS Certified Professional - Sunil Gupta
>>>
>>>When do I use a WHERE statement versus an IF statement to subset a data
>>>set?
>>>
>>>When programming in SAS, there is almost always more than one way to
>>>accomplish a task. Beginning programmers may think that there is no
>>>difference between using the WHERE statement and the IF statement to
>>>subset your data set. Knowledgeable programmers know that, depending on
>>>the situation, sometimes one statement is more appropriate than the
other.
>>
>>This list has nothing to do with SAS. It has to do with statistical
>>software that is about 10 years ahead of SAS in functionality.
>>
>>--
>>Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine
>> Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
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