altairiumblue

You can assume:

- good knowledge of statistics

- ability to write good R and Python

- some knowledge of human physiology

- no interest in financial compensation

Is there a research equivalent to open source software? What's the best way to contribute without in-depth domain expertise? Which research areas might benefit most from this?

- I'm being encouraged to use Alteryx at work. For just about anything that it can do - data preparation, exploratory analysis, model building, geospatial analysis, data upload/download, web-scraping, building analytical apps that can be shared with non-technical users.

- I already know Python and R so Alteryx seems incredibly limited

- In general my preference would be open source over licensed software and a programming language over a GUI

I have a long list of criticisms of Alteryx, but I'm writing this post as a sanity/bias check. Have you used it? What was your experience? What tasks did you find it suitable/unsuitable for? Do you think it offers anything that justifies the cost?