Data analysis is a body of methods that help to describe facts, detect patterns,
develop explanations, and test hypotheses. It is used in all of the sciences. It
is used in business, in administration, and in policy (Levine, J.H.)
Some of the Data Analysis tools around:
Statistical Analysis with R and Microsoft SQL Server 2012
http://blog.sqltrainer.com/2011/12/statistical-analysis-with-r-and.html
The R Project for Statistical Computing
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
http://www.r-project.org/ . R Journal here: http://journal.r-project.org/current.html
RStudio
RStudio IDE is a powerful and productive user interface for R.
http://www.rstudio.com/
R tutorial
Introductory tutorials for R which simplify many statistical computations and can be a powerful tool. http://www.cyclismo.org/tutorial/R/
http://blog.yhathq.com/posts/10-R-packages-I-wish-I-knew-about-earlier.html
sqldf (for selecting from data frames using SQL)
forecast (for easy forecasting of time series)
plyr (data aggregation)
stringr (string manipulation)
Database connection packages RPostgreSQL, RMYSQL, RMongo, RODBC, RSQLite
lubridate (time and date manipulation)
ggplot2 (data visulization)
qcc (statistical quality control and QC charts)
reshape2 (data restructuring)
randomForest (random forest predictive models)
MSBI Academy
http://msbiacademy.com/
Learn Microsoft's BI software with an expert, using a library of free instructional videos. Topics cover the full range of Microsoft BI technologies from Data Modeling to Dashboard Design.
