Category Archives: SAS

Articles about the SAS data analysis software

Data Science Jobs Report 2019: Python Way Up, Tensorflow Growing Rapidly, R Use Double SAS

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Bob Muenchen

In my ongoing quest to track The Popularity of Data Science Software, I’ve just updated my analysis of the job market. To save you from reading the entire tome, I’m reproducing that section here. Continue reading →

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Data Science Software Used in Journals: Stat Packages Declining (including R), AI/ML Software Growing

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Bob Muenchen

In my neverending quest to track The Popularity of Data Science Software, it’s time to update the section on Scholarly Articles. The rapid growth of R could not go on forever and, as you’ll see below, its use actually declined … Continue reading →

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Data Science Software Reviews: Forrester vs. Gartner

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Bob Muenchen

In my previous post, I discussed Gartner’s reviews of data science software companies. In this post, I show Forrester’s coverage and discuss how radically different it is. As usual, this post is already integrated into my regularly-updated article, The Popularity of Data Science Software. Continue reading →

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Gartner’s 2019 Take on Data Science Software

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Bob Muenchen

I’ve just updated The Popularity of Data Science Software to reflect my take on Gartner’s 2019 report, Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms. To save you the trouble of digging through all 40+ pages of my report, here’s just the updated section: Continue reading →

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Using Excel for Data Entry

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Bob Muenchen

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 →

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Gartner’s 2018 Take on Data Science Tools

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Bob Muenchen

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 →

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jamovi for R: Easy but Controversial

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Bob Muenchen

[An updated version of this post is located here.] 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, … Continue reading →

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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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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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