Articles by Bob Muenchen

A Comparative Review of the JASP Statistical Software

April 17, 2019 | Bob Muenchen

JASP is a free and open source statistics package that targets beginners looking to point-and-click their way through analyses. This article is one of a series of reviews which aim to help non-programmers choose the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for R, which best meets their needs. Continue reading →
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Data Science Software Reviews: Forrester vs. Gartner

March 19, 2019 | 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

February 25, 2019 | 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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Updated Review: jamovi User Interface to R

January 9, 2019 | Bob Muenchen

Last February I reviewed the jamovi menu-based front end to R.  I’ve reviewed five more user interfaces since then, and have developed a more comprehensive template to make it easier to compare them all. Now I’m cycling back to jamovi, … Continue reading →
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BlueSky Statistics 6.04 GUI for R Update

October 1, 2018 | Bob Muenchen

It has been just a few months since I reviewed five free and open-source point-and-click graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to the R language. I plan to keep those reviews up to date as new features are added. BlueSky’s interface would … Continue reading →
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A Comparative Review of the R Commander GUI for R

July 9, 2018 | Bob Muenchen

Introduction The R Commander is a free and open source user interface for the R software, one that focuses on helping users learn R commands by point-and-clicking their way through analyses. The R Commander is available on Windows, Mac, and Linux; there is … Continue reading →
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A Comparative Review of the Rattle GUI for R

July 2, 2018 | Bob Muenchen

Introduction Rattle is a popular free and open source Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the R software, one that focuses on beginners looking to point-and-click their way through data mining tasks. Such tasks are also referred to as machine learning or predictive analytics.  … Continue reading →
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A Comparative Review of the BlueSky Statistics GUI for R

June 21, 2018 | Bob Muenchen

Introduction BlueSky Statistics’ desktop version is a free and open source graphical user interface for the R software that focuses on beginners looking to point-and-click their way through analyses.  A commercial version is also available which includes technical support and a … Continue reading →
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A Comparative Review of the Deducer GUI for R

June 13, 2018 | Bob Muenchen

Introduction Deducer is a free and open source Graphical User Interface for the R software, one that provides beginners a way to point-and-click their way through analyses. It also integrates into an environment designed to help programmers be more productive. … Continue reading →
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A Comparative Review of the RKWard GUI for R

May 24, 2018 | Bob Muenchen

Introduction RKWard is a free and open source Graphical User Interface for the R software, one that supports beginners looking to point-and-click their way through analyses, as well as advanced programmers. You can think of it as a blend of … Continue reading →
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Using Excel for Data Entry

March 28, 2018 | 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 → [Read more...]

Gartner’s 2018 Take on Data Science Tools

February 26, 2018 | 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

February 13, 2018 | Bob Muenchen

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 →
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Group-By Modeling in R Made Easy

April 18, 2017 | Bob Muenchen

There are several aspects of the R language that make it hard to learn, and repeating a model for groups in a data set used to be one of them. Here I briefly describe R’s built-in approach, show a much … Continue reading →
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Keeping Up with Your Data Science Options

April 12, 2017 | Bob Muenchen

The field of data science is changing so rapidly that it’s quite hard to keep up with it all. When I first started tracking The Popularity of Data Science Software in 2010, I followed only ten packages, all of them classic … Continue reading →
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