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JSM 2002 Abstract #301123
Activity Number: 349
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Graphics*
Abstract - #301123
Title: Embedding R Graphics in Excel
Author(s): Erich Neuwirth*+
Affiliation(s): University of Vienna
Address: Universitaetsstr. 15-9, Vienna, , A-1010, Austria
Keywords: Statistical graphics ; User interface ; Office software
Abstract:

Most statistical data sets "spring into life" as Excel sheets, and Excel offers nice facilitities to manipulate data and to do simple statistical analyses and graphics. In MS-Windows, R can be embedded into may different applications, including Excel. We will discuss different models of embedding R into Excel and show that the embedding mechanism can be very useful for different user groups, as ,e.g., naive users, advanced users, and statistical method developers. We will also investigae implementation issues like the completely different user interaction paradigm (R as a programming language, Excel as a direct manipulation software package) and discuss ways of itegrating these different paradigms.

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