Tag Archives: Statistics

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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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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Will 2015 be the Beginning of the End for SAS and SPSS?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

Learning to use a data analysis tool well takes significant effort, so people tend to continue using the tool they learned in college for much of their careers. As a result, the software used by professors and their students is … Continue reading →

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