R和SPSS的区别

Question

我很快就会分析大量网络流量相关数据，并对数据进行预处理以进行分析。我发现 R 和 SPSS 是最流行的统计分析工具之一。我还将生成大量图表。因此，我想知道这两个软件之间的基本区别是什么。

我不是问哪个更好，只是想知道两者在工作流程方面有什么区别(除了 SPSS 有 GUI 之外)。无论如何，我将主要使用这两种情况下的脚本，因此我想了解其他差异。

Answer 1

这是我不久前发布到 R-help 邮件列表的一些内容，但我认为它很好地概括了 R 和 SPSS 中的一般差异:

When talking about user friendlyness of computer software I like the analogy of cars vs. busses:

Busses are very easy to use, you just need to know which bus to get on, where to get on, and where to get off (and you need to pay your fare). Cars on the other hand require much more work, you need to have some type of map or directions (even if the map is in your head), you need to put gas in every now and then, you need to know the rules of the road (have some type of drivers licence). The big advantage of the car is that it can take you a bunch of places that the bus does not go and it is quicker for some trips that would require transfering between busses.

Using this analogy programs like SPSS are busses, easy to use for the standard things, but very frustrating if you want to do something that is not already preprogrammed.

R is a 4-wheel drive SUV (though environmentally friendly) with a bike on the back, a kayak on top, good walking and running shoes in the pasenger seat, and mountain climbing and spelunking gear in the back.

R can take you anywhere you want to go if you take time to leard how to use the equipment, but that is going to take longer than learning where the bus stops are in SPSS.

R 的 GUI 使其更易于使用，但也限制了可以轻松使用的功能。 SPSS 确实具有脚本功能，这使它不仅仅是一个总线，但 SPSS 的一般原理引导人们使用 GUI 而不是脚本。