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    Struggling with S Plus? Consider alternative statistical software options.

    Yes, I think I will move to R after my course finishes. R has so many more users and most of the time when I google something for S-Plus the results are actually for R. The annoyance is that S-Plus is so similar that the techniques seem to mostly be the same but I can't guarantee code from R...
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    Fitting 4 parameter distributions in S-Plus (or R)

    Hi, I am trying to fit sample data to a Johnson SU distribution in S-Plus. It seems not many people use S-Plus, so if you are familiar with R then you could help as well. The code that I have is: [FONT="Courier New"]f.Jsu.fun.takeslist(x,g,l,r,e) which is a function I have made that...
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    Struggling with S Plus? Consider alternative statistical software options.

    I am using S Plus since it is the standard package for my course. I am finding it a bit clunky to use, still, after 6 months of on and off use. Does anyone else use S Plus?
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    Confused about the intuitive explanation of degrees of freedom

    I, too, have been struggling with this concept. I don't think degrees of freedom really work in an intuitive manner, so I'm just settling with using n-1 for sample variance to make it an unbiased estimator.
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