Monthly Archives: March 2015

Fastest Growing Software for Scholarly Analytics: Python, R, KNIME…

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

In my ongoing quest to “analyze the world of analytics”, I’ve added the following section below to The Popularity of Data Analysis Software: It would be useful to have growth trend graphs for each of the analytics packages I track, … Continue reading →

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Google Scholar Finds Far More SPSS Articles; Analytics Forecast Updated

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

Only last August I wrote that among scholars, the use of R had probably exceeded that of SPSS to become their most widely used software for analytics. That forecast was based on Google Scholar searches focused on one year at a … Continue reading →

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It’s Analytics Survey Time!

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

Every other year Rexer Analytics surveys Data Analysts, Predictive Modelers, Data Scientists, Data Miners, and all other types of analytic professionals, students, and academics regarding the software they use.  I then update the main results in The Popularity of Data Analysis … Continue reading →

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Helping Your Organization Migrate to R

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Bob Muenchen

by Bob Muenchen As the R programming environment has grown in capability and popularity, so have the number of organizations planning to migrate to it from proprietary tools. I’ve helped members of various organizations transition from SAS, SPSS and/or Stata to R (see Workshop … Continue reading →

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