statquotes v. 0.2.4

Quotes on statistics, data visualization and science

This package displays a randomly chosen quotation from a data base consisting of quotes about topics related to statistics, data visualization and science. The original idea came from the Unix fortune program that first appeared in Version 7 Unix. The fortune package is an R-centric equivalent. statquotes is dedicated to quotations on the substance of data analysis and visualization.

The data base is a collection of quotations assembled over the years from various sources. It began life as a simple text file and was later converted to LaTeX using the epigraph package. The quotes are classified by general topics (and subtopics).

In this R package, each call to statquote() displays a randomly selected quotation. The selection can be restricted to those whose topic field matches the topic= argument.

The main topics of the quotes are:

> levels(quotes$topic)
[1] "Computing"          "Data"               "Data visualization" "History"           
[5] "Reviews"            "Science"            "Statistics"         "Unclassified"      

Some of these are divided into subtopics, most conveniently shown in tree form (using the data.tree package)

Examples

> set.seed(761)
> statquote()

The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard. 
--- John W. Tukey 
> statquote(topic="science")

Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute 
to make the whole picture beautiful and unique. 
--- Anon. 
> search_quotes("mail")

Have you ever seen voice mail?
--- The Hackers Test

quote_cloud()

Installation

The released CRAN version can be installed via:

install.packages("statquotes")

The development version (if any) can be installed from this repo on Github via:

devtools::install_github("friendly/statquotes")

Author

Michael Friendly
Phil Chalmers
Matthew Sigal

License

GPL (>= 2)