@Nyarotho, I'll consider it [R] . I could connect you with the people in that team so that you can get a clear picture of their requirement. It has been a while, I hope you are doing great. On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 10:21 AM, nyarotho kennedy <kenyarotho@gmail.com> wrote:
Eva - long time.
My advice, before you spend any mullah on an analytics solution please take lots of time in planning/strategizing/gathering facts (like what you are doing here). I know of a good number of organizations sitting with expensive solutions doing Excel level analytics.
Having said that and from what you have shared, i would get R, spend some mullah on training my people (by the way R is not that hard), and narrow down on specifics. Rem even SAS is not like word (plug and play) and you will still need to train.
Also i train guyz on R :)
On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Eva Kimathi via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
@Alex: you said this "P/S
Instead of buying you could also run it off amazon web services and pay for the usage"
in reference to SAS? If so, please tell me more
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Alex Watila <awatila@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
P/S
Instead of buying you could also run it off amazon web services and pay for the usage
Best Regards,
*From:* Alex Watila [mailto:awatila@yahoo.co.uk] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2015 4:29 PM *To:* 'Kennedy Kairu Kariuki' <kkairu@gmail.com>; 'Skunkworks Mailing List' <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>; 'Eva Kimathi' <evakimathi@gmail.com> *Subject:* RE: [Skunkworks] SAS for Data Analytics
SAS has an academic version that is free but not with all the functionalities.
Depending on your level of analytics it may address your use case.
Regards,
*From:* Kennedy Kairu Kariuki via skunkworks [ mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2015 7:06 AM *To:* Eva Kimathi <evakimathi@gmail.com> *Cc:* skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> *Subject:* Re: [Skunkworks] SAS for Data Analytics
Ahh...share what you find out about SAS. Also how many companies use it locally
On Sep 16, 2015 9:25 AM, "Eva Kimathi" <evakimathi@gmail.com> wrote:
@Kennedy, they use Magpi for this purpose?
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Kennedy Kairu Kariuki <kkairu@gmail.com> wrote:
Actually I think the training for R was done by one Mr. Mimano of datadyne. They also do data collection apps for agric NGOs. He's on this list
On Sep 16, 2015 8:46 AM, "Eva Kimathi" <evakimathi@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Kennedy, I'll check with our accounts manager
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Kennedy Kairu Kariuki <kkairu@gmail.com> wrote:
They do not as if now. I wouldn't say they do analytics even after forming a department specifically for that.
On Sep 16, 2015 8:10 AM, "Eva Kimathi" <evakimathi@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you all for the advice.
The research team is primarily agriculture based...their analyst insists that Stata is for engineering and he hasn't heard of R.
@Mosoti I will check the Enterprise guide, thank you
@Kennedy do you know if Safcom offer analytics as a service? (I wish)
I'll keep you posted.
Cheers
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 7:12 AM, Kennedy Kairu Kariuki <kkairu@gmail.com> wrote:
Any idea who's using R? I know equity had training on this but not sure if they actively use it.
For SAS, get someone from Safcom to advice.
On Sep 15, 2015 11:18 PM, "Vincent Mosoti via skunkworks" < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
For individual users, you can go for the SAS Enterprise Guide but for collaboration purposes you will need to include the server.
Alternatives; you can consider IBM SPSS or Stata. R is also an option if the users can roll up their sleeves and get coding.
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Eva Kimathi via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hello All,
My employer has a research department and they asked me for assistance in procuring SAS 9.4 . I am not conversant with it and went online to look it up.
From SAS website, it seems like it is at least a three tier system (server to end user). My queries:
- Is there anyone out there that has interacted with SAS? - Does it scale down or should I also include a server along with their request? - Are there alternatives that are not as large scale as SAS?
I look forward to your response :)
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