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55 votes
Graph showing which packages impliment the same techniques
It would be interesting to see which packages have implemented similar methods. These could then be reviewed in order to find the most efficient implementation of an algorithm, or to discover interesting ways of approaching an implimentation.
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36 votes
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21 votes
Display links to journal publications (and books)
Probably just scripted links to Google Scholar
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14 votes
Link to R-help
Link to past posts on the R-help mailing list discussing the package in question. If you've have a problem, there is always a high probability someone else has had the problem before you
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13 votes
Text search for the site
Jon Baron's search engine is the most useful thing I know for finding an R function that does what you want.
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8 votes
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8 votes
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7 votes
list of known bugs / shortcomings
individual list for each package
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7 votes
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6 votes
Three for packages have similar functinality and ranking
It would be useful when finding new software for any particular task you are new to, or do not know much about it. Easy way to follow links for more information and reviews or others may be really helpful, and my be contacting who make the review to interact
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3 votes
Adding a Stack Overflow question and answer interface
Stack Overflow is a great tool, but an interface like this specifically built to reference to R tools would not only help to inform users of all the amazing tools that exist, but become a great forum for developing and teaching robust statistical and R programming methods.
In any case I find tha... more
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2 votes
have timeline view of changes to site
Little interactive timeline with js scrolling etc, to display what's currently on the front page a little more graphically
