[net.general] Proposed new group, net.stat

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)

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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