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Category Archives: SAS
Using Excel for Data Entry
This article shows you how to enter data so that you can easily open in statistics packages such as R, SAS, SPSS, or jamovi (code or GUI steps below). Excel has some statistical analysis capabilities, but they often provide incorrect answers. For … Continue reading
Posted in Data Science, R, SAS, SPSS
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Gartner’s 2018 Take on Data Science Tools
I’ve just updated The Popularity of Data Science Software to reflect my take on Gartner’s 2018 report, Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms. To save you the trouble of digging though all 40+ pages of my report, … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Data Science, Python, R, SAS, Statistics, Uncategorized
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jamovi for R: Easy but Controversial
jamovi is software that aims to simplify two aspects of using R. It offers a point-and-click graphical user interface (GUI). It also provides functions that combines the capabilities of many others, bringing a more SPSS- or SAS-like method of programming … Continue reading
Posted in Data Science, R, SAS, SPSS, Statistics, Uncategorized
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Data Science Tool Market Share Leading Indicator: Scholarly Articles
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
Posted in Analytics, Data Science, Python, R, SAS, SPSS, Stata, Statistics, Uncategorized
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Dueling Data Science Surveys: KDnuggets & Rexer Go Live
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
Posted in Data Science, Python, R, SAS, Statistics
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Forrester’s 2017 Take on Tools for Data Science
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
Posted in Analytics, Data Science, R, SAS, SPSS
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Jobs for “Data Science” Up 7-fold, for “Statistician” Down by Half
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
Posted in Analytics, Data Science, R, SAS, Statistics, Uncategorized
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Data Science Job Report 2017: R Passes SAS, But Python Leaves Them Both Behind
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
Posted in Analytics, Data Science, R, SAS, SPSS, Statistics, Uncategorized
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Gartner’s 2017 Take on Data Science Software
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
Posted in Analytics, Data Science, R, SAS, SPSS, Uncategorized
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R Passes SAS in Scholarly Use (finally)
Way back in 2012 I published a forecast that showed that the use of R for scholarly publications would likely pass the use of SAS in 2015. But I didn’t believe the forecast since I expected the sharp decline in SAS … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Data Science, R, SAS, SPSS, Stata, Statistics, Uncategorized
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