R and Python language?
If you want to upgrade your data analysis skills, which programming language should you learn? For a growing number of people, data analysis is a central part of their job. Increased data availability, more powerful computing, and an emphasis on analytics-driven decision in business has made it a heyday for data science. R and Python are the two most popular programming languages used by data analysts and data scientists. Both are free and open source, and were developed in the early 1990s—R for statistical analysis and Python as a general-purpose programming language. For anyone interested in machine learning, working with large datasets, or creating complex data visualizations, they are godsends. But which of these programs is best to learn? As a former data analyst, it is the question I have been asked more than any other in my professional life. Though you could just try to learn both R and Python, each requires a significant time investment—particularly...