Category Archives: SAS

Articles about the SAS data analysis software

Webinar: Managing Data with R

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

Before you can analyze data, it must be in the right form. Join Revolution Analytics and me this June 21st for a 4-hour webinar that shows how to perform the most commonly used data management tasks in R. We will work through … Continue reading →

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SAS Dominates Analytics Job Market; R up 42%

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

I’m continuing to gather and analyze data to update The Popularity of Data Analysis Software. In this installment I cover the latest employment figures. Employment is important to us all, so what software skills are employers seeking? A thorough answer … Continue reading →

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Forecast Update: Will 2014 be the Beginning of the End for SAS and SPSS?

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

I recently updated my plots of the data analysis tools used in academia in my ongoing article, The Popularity of Data Analysis Software. I repeat those here and update my previous forecast of data analysis software usage. Learning to use … Continue reading →

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SAS, SPSS, Stata Users: Learn R from Home June 17

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Has learning R been driving you a bit crazy? If so, it may be that you’re “lost in translation.” On June 17 and 19, I’ll be teaching a webinar, R for SAS, SPSS and Stata Users. With each R concept, … Continue reading →

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R Tackles Big Garbage

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

April 1, 2013 – Although the capabilities of the R system for data analytics have been expanding with impressive speed, it has heretofore been missing important fundamental methods. A new function works with the popular plyr package to provide these missing … Continue reading →

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R’s 2012 Growth in Capability Exceeds SAS’ All Time Total

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

by Robert A. Muenchen I’m slowly gathering all the data needed to update my ongoing article, The Popularity of Data Analysis Software. The section below is the latest installment. Growth in Capability The capability of all the software in this … Continue reading →

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What Analytic Software are People Discussing?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

by Robert A. Muenchen How can we measure the popularity or market share of analytic software? One way is to see what people are discussing. I’m in the process of updating my annual article, The Popularity of Data Analysis Software. Below … Continue reading →

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R for SAS, SPSS, Stata Users Workshop Redesigned

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

My workshop R for SAS, SPSS and Stata Users has been popular over the years, but it’s time for an overhaul. A common request has been to simplify it, so I have moved data management to a separate 4-hour workshop, … Continue reading →

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SAS Beats R on July 2012 TIOBE Rankings

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

The TIOBE Community Programming Index ranks the popularity of programming languages, but from a programming language perspective rather than as analytical software (http://www.tiobe.com). It extracts measurements from blogs, entries in Wikipedia, books on Amazon, search engine results, etc. and combines them into a single index. … Continue reading →

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Why R is Hard to Learn

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

The open source R software for analytics has a reputation for being hard to learn. It certainly can be, especially for people who are already familiar with similar packages such as SAS, SPSS or Stata. Training and documentation that leverages … Continue reading →

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