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points by uniqueuid 8 hours ago | 0 comments

Sorry but the problem is not primarily software, it’s community, teaching and standardization.

We have R/tidyverse which does 90% of everything and has an amazing community and procedures eg. around documentation. For everything else you have excel or python. So I don’t see the use case.

[–] hodgehog11 8 hours ago

There are tons of people in the social sciences that still, unfortunately, use SPSS to this day. If you think that R/tidyverse/Excel is a true alternative to SPSS, you definitely haven't interacted with any of these people.

[–] uniqueuid 8 hours ago

I have, in fact, professionally interacted with, published with and taught these people for almost 20 years ;)

[–] hodgehog11 7 hours ago

Ah, are you a statistical consultant? That would explain a lot, but you should then know why these people need you. Or maybe you're in a department where the statistical standards are much higher than in mine.