Category Archives: Analytics

R’s Growth Continues to Accelerate

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Bob Muenchen

Each year I update the growth in R’s capability on The Popularity of Data Analysis Software. And each year, I think R’s incredible rate of growth will finally slow down. Below is a graph of the latest data, and as … Continue reading →

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Advanced Analytics Software’s Most Important Feature? Gartner Says it’s VCF

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Bob Muenchen

The IT research firm, Gartner, Inc. has released its February 2016 report, Magic Quadrant for Advanced Analytics Platforms. The report’s main graph shows the completeness of each company’s vision plotted against its ability to achieve that vision (Figure 1.) I … Continue reading →

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Business Intelligence and Data Science Groups in East Tennessee

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Bob Muenchen

The Knoxville area has four groups that help people learn about business intelligence and data science. The Knoxville R Users Group (KRUG) focuses on the free and open source R language. Each meeting begins with a bit of socializing followed … Continue reading →

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Using Discussion Forum Activity to Estimate Analytics Software Market Share

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

I’m finally getting around to overhauling the Discussion Forum Activity section of The Popularity of Data Analysis Software. To save you the trouble of reading all 43 pages, I’m posting just this section below. Discussion Forum Activity Another way to measure … Continue reading →

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Rexer Analytics Survey Results

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

Rexer Analytics has released preliminary results showing the usage of various data science tools. I’ve added the results to my continuously-updated article, The Popularity of Data Analysis Software. For your convenience, the new section is repeated below. Surveys of Use One … Continue reading →

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Free Webinar: Intro to SparkR

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

Are you interested in combining the power of R and Spark?  An “Intro to SparkR” webinar will take place on July 15, 2015 at 10 am California time. Everyone is welcome to attend. Agenda: – What is SparkR? – Recent … Continue reading →

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Estimating Analytics Software Market Share by Counting Books

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

Below is the latest update to The Popularity of Data Analysis Software. Books The number of books published on each software package or language reflects its relative popularity. Amazon.com offers an advanced search method which works well for all the software except R … Continue reading →

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R Now Contains 150 Times as Many Commands as SAS

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

by Bob Muenchen In my ongoing quest to analyze the world of analytics, I’ve updated the Growth in Capability section of The Popularity of Data Analysis Software. To save you the trouble of foraging through that tome, I’ve pasted it below. … Continue reading →

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I’ve Been Replaced by an Analytics Robot

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

It was only a few years ago when the N.Y. Times declared my job “sexy”.  My old job title of statistician had sounded dull and stodgy, but then it became filled with exciting jargon: I’m a data scientist doing predictive analytics with … Continue reading →

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Stata’s Academic Growth Nearly as Fast as R’s

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

by Bob Muenchen Analytics tools take significant effort to master, so once learned people tend to stick with them for much of their careers. This makes the tools used in academia of particular interest in the study of future trends … Continue reading →

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