Category Archives: R

Posts about the open source R language

Data Science Tool Market Share Leading Indicator: Scholarly Articles

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Bob Muenchen

Below is the latest update to The Popularity of Data Science Software. It contains an analysis of the tools used in the most recent complete year of scholarly articles. The section is also integrated into the main paper itself. New … Continue reading →

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Dueling Data Science Surveys: KDnuggets & Rexer Go Live

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Bob Muenchen

What tools do we use most for data science, machine learning, or analytics? Python, R, SAS, KNIME, RapidMiner,…? How do we use them? We are about to find out as the two most popular surveys on data science tools have … Continue reading →

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Group-By Modeling in R Made Easy

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Bob Muenchen

There are several aspects of the R language that make it hard to learn, and repeating a model for groups in a data set used to be one of them. Here I briefly describe R’s built-in approach, show a much … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Mangement, Data Science, R, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Keeping Up with Your Data Science Options

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Bob Muenchen

The field of data science is changing so rapidly that it’s quite hard to keep up with it all. When I first started tracking The Popularity of Data Science Software in 2010, I followed only ten packages, all of them classic … Continue reading →

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Python and R Vie for Top Spot in Kaggle Competitions

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Bob Muenchen

I’ve just updated the Competition Use section of The Popularity of Data Science Software. Here’s just that section for your convenience. Competition Use Kaggle.com is a web site that sponsors data science contests. People post problems there along the amount … Continue reading →

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The Tidyverse Curse

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Bob Muenchen

I’ve just finished a major overhaul to my widely read article, Why R is Hard to Learn. It describes the main complaints I’ve heard from the participants to my workshops, and how those complaints can often be mitigated. Here’s the only … Continue reading →

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Forrester’s 2017 Take on Tools for Data Science

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Bob Muenchen

In my ongoing quest to track The Popularity of Data Science Software, I’ve updated the discussion of the annual report from Forrester, which I repeat here to save you from having to read through the entire document. If your organization … Continue reading →

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Jobs for “Data Science” Up 7-fold, for “Statistician” Down by Half

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Bob Muenchen

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that jobs for statisticians will grow by 34% between 2014 and 2024. However, according to the nation’s largest job web site, the number of companies looking for “statisticians” is actually in sharp decline. Those … Continue reading →

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Data Science Job Report 2017: R Passes SAS, But Python Leaves Them Both Behind

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Bob Muenchen

I’ve just updated another section of The Popularity of Data Science Software. It is reproduced below to save you the trouble of reading the entire article. If your organization is looking for training in the R language, you might consider my … Continue reading →

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Gartner’s 2017 Take on Data Science Software

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Bob Muenchen

In my ongoing quest to track The Popularity of Data Analysis Software, I’ve finally decided to change the title to use the newer term “data science”. The 2017 version of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms was just published, … Continue reading →

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