hubert@entropy.UUCP (05/19/84)
Members of several statistics departments have been discussing the creation of a newsgroup for statistics for some time. There are several people on the net interested in statistics because of the close relationship between it and computing. Theoretical statistics is also interesting on its own merit. The group (net.stat) would be used mainly for discussion of statistical software. Many discussions would probably center around S, the interactive statistics system developed by Becker and Chambers at Bell Labs. Another segment of the group would be similar to net.math in that discussions of theoretical aspects of statistics would take place. We have monitored net.math and have decided that it is not an appropriate forum for us. I expect there are also several USENET sites that have many users who would be interested in discussions of statistical software even though they are not statisticians per se. Steve Hubert Dept. of Statistics, U. of Wash. decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!entropy!hubert
fwy@ecsvax.UUCP (05/20/84)
Here is one vote for the new group. I am personally very interested in fact/flames/gossip about S, and how users would compare it with SAS (r), BMDP (r), and (yech) even SPSS (r). I have just gottne the Becker and Chambers book, and am looking through it now. By the way, what about net.usoft.s? Supposedly it is about S, but I have never gotten a single thing on it. Is it dead/net? p
georgett@tektronix.UUCP (Georgette Espeillac) (05/22/84)
Great Idea! I would like to put in my vote for the creation of a net.stat group. We are interested in discussions on theoretical statistics as well as in discussions on S or other stats. software (on Unix and on other machines such as IBM PC, VAX/VMS... Georgette Espeillac Tektronix, Inc decvax!tektronix!georgett
tower@inmet.UUCP (05/24/84)
#R:entropy:-2300:inmet:4100034:000:119 inmet!tower May 23 16:41:00 1984 Re: net.stat Please move this discussion to net.news.group. -len tower harpo!inmet!tower Cambridge, MA