SAS's license is damn expensive and thus you will find only big companies, the likes of Safaricom and banks can afford it. For companies that us it locally, I only know of Safaricom and some International Research companies like CDC,ILRI But if you get someone to train them on R, it can save the situation. There is also simplified R enterprise by Revolution Analytics (Acquired by Microsoft), you can check that too. On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Kennedy Kairu Kariuki via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
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 :) >>> >>> -- >>> >>> __________________________________________________________________________ >>> Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In >>> the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity >>> ~Albert Einstein >>> >>> Eva Kimathi >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> skunkworks mailing list >>> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke >>> ------------ >>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> ------------ >>> >>> Skunkworks Rules >>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>> ------------ >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Vincent Mosoti, >> Analytics/Business Intelligence Consultant. >> Skype: vmmosoti >> Phone: +254 722 972805 >> LinkedIn: ke.linkedin.com/in/vmosoti >> >> _______________________________________________ >> skunkworks mailing list >> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke >> ------------ >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> >
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