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
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
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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
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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
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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
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Eva Kimathi
People working with medical data e.g. epidemiologists. Have a look at a system called DHIS2. The developers highly recommended the use of R. Regards, From: Kennedy Kairu Kariuki via skunkworks [mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 4:13 AM To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>; Vincent Mosoti <kindvinnie@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] SAS for Data Analytics 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &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 <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/vmosoti> _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke <mailto: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 <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
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