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BlueSky Statistics is an R based, highly intuitive statistics and data science application that offers a comprehensive set of features for data analysis, visualization, and reporting with publication-ready results. It also provides powerful six sigma analysis and control charts for quality control

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Intern

I love how easy it is to operate BlueSky Statistics for a beginner. It gives young students like me multiple useful features which are useful in my internships as well as my regular college studies.

Assistant Professor in Statistics

It is well thought out combining the best features from both SPSS and R into a single packageAnd outstanding support team with technical understanding of both the software and statistical methods.

Student 

I had a good experience with bluesky statistics. I have difficulties with stats and this application is pretty useful.

Instructor

The user interface can be any enemy sometimes. I struggle to set it up with smaller displays.

Sci Researcher

Bluesky statistical software is an incredibly powerful tool that has been widely recognized for its ability to perform complex statistical analyses with ease.

Professor of Statistics

My overall experience is good, and the support by the BlueSky Stat Team is very good.

Founder and Ex-CEO

Their team worked with me closely to include the most widely used statistical techniques and graphics. Their commitment to excellence was obvious.

Data Analyst

It is a very powerful tool, that allows to integrate several source (SPSS data, excel input and more on) with the feasibility of run different statistical methodologies through the great power of R.

Director

I've been using other GUIs (JASP/jamovi) but BlueSky Statistics is more "robust" in terms of presentation. This is also a good resource to teach Statistics.

Poor editing or seting up variables. Not able to connect to R without a lot of problems.

Biostatistician

I like it and want to explore all its menu because I am sure it expand my knowledge about R and statistical analysis.

Senior Lecturer

It would be unfair to say anything negative about the software as using the free version. Invaluable therefore for higher education students.

Professor of Biology

I have also encouraged my colleagues to consider switching to BlueSky as a cost effective alternative to SPSS.

I have now used it to teach several other courses and the students have loved it. All I needed to do is prepare a few videos showing data formats for each technique and how to in Bluesky statistics.

Consultant Paediatrician 

For example, I was sad to realise that the HISTORY function in the 7 series was removed from the 10 series making it cumbersome when you need to recall previously used functions.

Statistician

It's easy to use and quite powerful. It's very similar to Minitab, JMP, and SPSS, but much cheaper, even when you pay for their tech support.

Asst Professor of Management 

It was easy to use and comparable to SPSS without the high cost.

Research Consultant

Its integration with RStudio which I frequently use as well.

Enjoy it and am thankful that this product is here and available. 

Exciting New option for Stat review and Analysis.... 

I used very early versions (like7 or so) then there was some character encoding problem with my language which was recently solved.  I will be using this software much more frequently now.  I wanted this software for a clinical trial course I was teaching in Bogazici University.  Maybe in future terms, now that it works perfectly across languages.

Feature rich statistics package

Experience with bluesky statistics 

Overall, this is a fantastic product. I use it frequently and find it seamlessly entering my workflow. All basic statistical analyses and many more complex ones are present, easy to implement, and work reliably. Huge datasets are no problem and just about anything you can do in stock R you can do with BlueSky.

Good, inexpensive substitute for R

It is much easier than working with SPSS and it's great that you can use R coding.

A new horizon for stat software

Well worth a test-run for teaching and learning

Last year, i set up my statistics course to use my beloved SPSS for teaching linear models, only to  find that some students had licensing issues. R/Studio-was not an option as the course was too comprised for us to have time to learn codes. On exploring the options, I came across Bluesky. Installation was straightforward, and within a week of review, I decided it was the right software going forward. I have now used it to teach several other courses and the students have loved it. All I needed to do is prepare a few videos showing data formats for each technique and how to in Bluesky statistics

Bluesky Statistics, The Next Generation Statitistics/Data Science Software

Its great software. I will watch the development of bluesky with great interest :) 

Overall great software. 

I was excited to learn that BlueSky was planning a new version that included a comprehensive Six Sigma module just in time for the new edition of The Six Sigma Handbook. Their team worked with me closely to include the most widely used statistical techniques and graphics. Their commitment to excellence was obvious.

The new go-to software for Six Sigma analysts

Helpede a lot for conversion from WIN based SPSS to MAC, but especially for graphic output I would prefer vector based graphics than pixel based graphics.And, indeed, in within the underlying R it is possible to get better publication ready based graphics.

Searched for an easey to learn statistical packaged when switiching from WIN to MacOS.

We utilized BlueSky to develop an analytic program and structure that businesses can leverage to transition from costly COTS products to OS solutions, while encouraging the technically inclined among those businesses to venture farther into the realm of data science and statistical programming.  As a result, we have saved our clients tens of thousands of dollars annually in software licences, and have introduced an entirely new perspective through which businesses view and approach their analytic initiatives.

COTS to OS Transition

Just very impressed. Some useful online guidance and podcasts plus notifications provided of software upgrades

An excellent bridge to using R

Comprehensive, Free, and Open-Source

flying in a blue sky, with clouds.....

Most useful, practical, and accesible to students and faculty.

Most useful tool

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Please add Econometrics and special panel data analysis option 

It is very easy to conduct regression models like E-Views and SPSS and also can conduct as R code. The best experience is that BlueSky Statistics provides the R codes when you use the menu operation. Two ways are better than only one!

Best at the simplicity of window menu operation and the code practice

Tried it back and forth with SPSS and R to test functionality.  After one yr will not support it unless a big change. 

Not a usable software

Alternative to SPSS

Well it has been a great help especially because I also teach statistics in the graduate school where software is needed by students to do analysis work.

A New Perspective in Presenting Statistical Analysis

Easy to learn and when I showed it to colleagues, they were quite impressed. 

Blue Sky Statistics in Education

I had a good experience with bluesky statistics. I have difficulties with stats and this application is pretty useful. As a student I would recommend this application. 

BlueSky Statistics 

A Very Useful Tool for Statistical Analysis

I have a very positive experience as a professor who teaches  data analytics and statistics.

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