R Project

I’m trying to figure out what kind of statistical method I will use for my dissertation. I’ve got it narrowed down to two options: panel analysis or hierarchical linear modeling. I’m leaning towards HLM, and will eventually put up a post that explains some of this in more detail. But, I just came across a resource that other folks might find handy: R statistical software. Click on that link and you can download the software for free. This package is supposed to be really useful for HLM, but I haven’t used it yet so I really don’t know how useful it’s going to be. But I’ve seen other researchers use it in their analysis, so I assume it can’t be all bad. I’m hoping that this will help me with some data visualization tools where I can present the data in a way that is pleasing to the eye, intuitive to non-statistical audiences, and useful to understanding the data. Anyway, if you’re working on your dissertation and stumble upon this post I’d recommend downloading R and taking a test drive. Sample screenshot: