Pre-Workshop Survey: Stata vs R Fluency by Role

Stata Translation Workshop · Pre-Workshop Survey

Stata fluency vs. R fluency, by role

Each dot is one respondent. Since fluency has only 3 levels (No / Occasional / Fluent), dots are spread out within each cell so overlapping respondents stay visible — position within a cell carries no meaning beyond the cell itself.

R fluency
Fluent
Occasional
No
No
Occasional
Fluent
Stata fluency
Statistician (6)
Statistician & Researcher (3)
Researcher (2)
Research Software Engineer (1)
Researcher & Data Scientist (1)

The dominant pattern (8 of 13 respondents) is Stata-fluent / R-occasional, spanning every role. The 3 respondents who are R-fluent instead of Stata-fluent are the ones with a second role attached (Statistician & Researcher, Researcher & Data Scientist) plus one solo Statistician — consistent with the negative Stata↔R correlation shown separately (ρ = −0.59).

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RoleStataRRespondents
StatisticianOccasionalOccasional1
StatisticianFluentOccasional4
StatisticianOccasionalFluent1
ResearcherFluentOccasional2
Statistician & ResearcherFluentOccasional2
Statistician & ResearcherOccasionalFluent1
Researcher & Data ScientistOccasionalFluent1
Research Software EngineerNoOccasional1