# Should we mimic R (, MATLAB, ...) functions?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-mimic-r-matlab-functions/11934>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [June 25, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-mimic-r-matlab-functions/11934 "2018-06-25T14:50:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-mimic-r-matlab-functions/11934/21 "2018-06-28T12:16:35Z")

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Something which could also be useful is a convenience function similar to Stata’s [nestreg](http://www.stata.com/manuals14/rnestreg.pdf) command: pass a series of variables which are added sequentially to the base model to create a new model, automatically resulting in a F-test table like we have now. That’s more general than `anova` since variables can be grouped. Some thought is needed to find the best syntax in Julia, though.

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