Using R in the Statistical Office: the experience of Statistics Netherlands and Statistics Austria
Over the last decade the R language and statistical environment has received a surge in popularity. Indeed, R has become one of the central tools for modern statistics and data science. Slowly but certainly, statistical offices are introducing R as a valid tool for statistical production as well. Th...
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Romanian National Institute of Statistics
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| description | Over the last decade the R language and statistical environment has received a surge in popularity. Indeed, R has become one of the central tools for modern statistics and data science. Slowly but certainly, statistical offices are introducing R as a valid tool for statistical production as well. The Austrian and Dutch offices were amongst the first national statistical institutes to approve R as a tool for production. The aim of this paper is to describe how R was introduced and currently used in our offices. On one hand, we focus on practical issues such as infrastructural considerations, the use of R-based software by non-R programmers, and update policies. On the other hand we describe the activities that were undertaken to educate new users in the use of R. We also discuss work that was contributed back to the R community in general and the official statistics community in particular. Finally, we discuss how collaboration and standardization take place in an open source environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eecd3ade53054bb7bcae2f007b24f6552022-12-21T18:09:48ZengRomanian National Institute of StatisticsRevista Română de Statistică1018-046X1844-76942018-03-016611529Using R in the Statistical Office: the experience of Statistics Netherlands and Statistics AustriaAlexander Kowarik0Mark van der Loo1Statistics AustriaStatistics NetherlandsOver the last decade the R language and statistical environment has received a surge in popularity. Indeed, R has become one of the central tools for modern statistics and data science. Slowly but certainly, statistical offices are introducing R as a valid tool for statistical production as well. The Austrian and Dutch offices were amongst the first national statistical institutes to approve R as a tool for production. The aim of this paper is to describe how R was introduced and currently used in our offices. On one hand, we focus on practical issues such as infrastructural considerations, the use of R-based software by non-R programmers, and update policies. On the other hand we describe the activities that were undertaken to educate new users in the use of R. We also discuss work that was contributed back to the R community in general and the official statistics community in particular. Finally, we discuss how collaboration and standardization take place in an open source environment.http://www.revistadestatistica.ro/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RRS_1_2018_A02.pdfR SoftwareOfficial Statistics |
| spellingShingle | Alexander Kowarik Mark van der Loo Using R in the Statistical Office: the experience of Statistics Netherlands and Statistics Austria Revista Română de Statistică R Software Official Statistics |
| title | Using R in the Statistical Office: the experience of Statistics Netherlands and Statistics Austria |
| title_full | Using R in the Statistical Office: the experience of Statistics Netherlands and Statistics Austria |
| title_fullStr | Using R in the Statistical Office: the experience of Statistics Netherlands and Statistics Austria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using R in the Statistical Office: the experience of Statistics Netherlands and Statistics Austria |
| title_short | Using R in the Statistical Office: the experience of Statistics Netherlands and Statistics Austria |
| title_sort | using r in the statistical office the experience of statistics netherlands and statistics austria |
| topic | R Software Official Statistics |
| url | http://www.revistadestatistica.ro/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RRS_1_2018_A02.pdf |
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