Publications by Bob Muenchen
R GUI Reviews Updated
I have just finished updating my reviews of graphical user interfaces for the R language. These include BlueSky Statistics, jamovi, JASP, R AnalyticFlow, R Commander, R-Instat, Rattle, and RKward. The permanent link to the article that summarizes it all is https://r4stats.com/articles/software-reviews/r-gui-comparison/. I list the highlights below ...
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BlueSky Statistics Version 10 is Not Open Source
BlueSky Statistics is a graphical user interface for the powerful R language. On July 10, 2024, the BlueskyStatistics.com website said: “…As the BlueSky Statistics version 10 product evolves, we will continue to work on orchestrating the necessary logistics to make the BlueSky Statistics version 10.x application available as an open-source proj...
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BlueSky Statistics Enhancements
BlueSky Statistics is a free and open-source graphical user interface for the powerful R language. There is also a commercial “Pro” version that offers tech support, priority feature requests, and many powerful additional features. The Pro version has been beefed up considerably with the new features below. These features apply to quality contr...
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Minitab Alternative BlueSky Statistics to Display Graphical Interface to R at ASQ Conference
BlueSky Statistics exhibit at the American Society for Quality World Conference on Quality and Improvement in San Diego from 12 to 14 May, Booth #720 (https://asq.org/conferences/wcqi/solution-partners). BlueSky Statistics is an R-based software for statistics, data science, Six Sigma, DoE, and more. An alternative to Minitab and similar software...
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Ensure R Language Reproducibility with dateback Package
Sooner or later, most R programmers end up with code that no longer runs because of package updates. One way to address the problem was the MRAN Time Machine which Microsoft retired on July 1, 2023. You can get similar functionality for source packages using “dateback,” thanks to Ryota Suzuki. As with MRAN, examples of when you could benefit fr...
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See BlueSky Statistics GUI for R at JSM 2023
Are attending this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings in Toronto? If so, stop by booth 404 to see the latest features of BlueSky Statistics. A menu-based graphical user interface for the R language, BlueSky lets people access the power of R without having to learn to program. Programmers can easily add code to BlueSky’s menus, sharing their expe...
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Update to Data Science Software Popularity
I’ve updated The Popularity of Data Science Software‘s market share estimates based on scholarly articles. I posted it below, so you don’t have to sift through the main article to read the new section.Scholarly ArticlesScholarly articles provide a rich source of information about data science tools. Because publishing requires significant eff...
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Mayo Clinic Announces Move from SAS’ JMP to BlueSky Statistics
At the useR! 2022 Conference, the world-renowned Mayo Clinic announced that after 20 years of using SAS Institute’s JMP software, they have migrated to the BlueSky Statistics user interface for R. Ross Dierkhising, a principal biostatistician with the Clinic, described the process. They reviewed 16 commercial statistical software packages and n...
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Data Science Software Popularity Update
I have recently updated my extensive analysis of the popularity of data science software. This update covers perhaps the most important section, the one that measures popularity based on the number of job advertisements. I repeat it here as a blog post, so you don’t have to read the entire article. Job Advertisements One of the best ways to me...
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Updated Comparison of R Graphical User Interfaces
I have just updated my detailed reviews of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for R, so let’s compare them again. It’s not too difficult to rank them based on the number of features they offer, so let’s start there. I’m basing the counts on the number of dialog boxes in each category of four categories: Ease of UseGeneral UsabilityGraphic...
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