[R] JASP vs R

[Rolf Turner]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:49:10 -0700
tgs77m--- via R-help <r-help using r-project.org> wrote:

> Colleagues,
> 
> Many of my colleagues come to me for a recommendation for statistical
> software.
> Since I am an R user, that's my typical answer.
> Some colleagues of mine refuse to use it because of its steep
> learning curve and lack of a GUI.
> They wanted a statistical software that's free and that had a GUI.
> 
> I recently learned about JASP.
> See https://jasp-stats.org/ for more details This may be an answer to their needs.
> 
> Does anyone out their have any experience with this?

I would have little confidence in any analysis done by someone who
refuses to use a statistical computing environment because it has a
"steep learning curve" or lacks a GUI.  If a person cannot write a bit
of simple R code then it's unlikely that they can do statistics
reliably.

cheers,

Rolf Turner

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