Tools of Choice for Data Science

A summary of the annual survey of tools and attitudes around data science conducted by Karl Rexer was released at Predictive Analytics World in Boston recently. The full report is expected to be available on RexerAnalytics.com in the next couple of months.

For primary tool usage:

#1 — 36.2% — R

#2 —   7.0% — SAS

#3 —   6.6% — IBM SPSS Modeler

#4 —   6.5% — KNIME (free version)

#5 (tie) — 5.1% — IBM SPSS Statistics

#5 (tie) — 5.1% — STATISTICA

#7 —   3.1% — SAS Enterpirse Miner

#8 —   2.8%  — RapidMiner (free version)

#9 —   2.7% — Weka

#10 — 2.3% — MATLAB