• Analyzing Data

    Jan 09.09 | Technology   

    In The Numerati Stephen Baker reviews the explosion in th amount of data that can now be captured and stored.  And tools such as the open source software R are stepping in to help make sense of it all.   The software is designed for non-programmers which is a great step to making data more accessible.  The way I see it I want the tools to understand data about me — if those tools are only available to big corporations with big budgets and expertise then they can control me — and that’s not good.  Not that R is the solution for a common end user.  But as an open community resource (and a possible threat to SAS’ software) it is a good start.

    R, the Software, Finds Fans in Data Analysts – NYTimes.com

    R is also the name of a popular programming language used by a growing number of data analysts inside corporations and academia. It is becoming their lingua franca partly because data mining has entered a golden age, whether being used to set ad prices, find new drugs more quickly or fine-tune financial models.

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    In my day job I serve as Information Technology Director for the Yale School of Drama. Otherwise I garden, play guitar, build stuff out of wood, take photos, play around with technology and have been blogging since 2003.

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