Re:Why do we use R rather than Excel?
by intended on Sunday July 11, 2021 @10:57AM
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If you get to the point that you are using r and python, it should be because you are doing working with larger data sets, or it’s specifically sophisticated.
If you can learn a language, you could constrain type conversions easily once you have for knowledge.
Its not like there aren’t painful gotchas in other tools- it’s an issue if you aren’t aware of them and if they impact your work.
If it’s big, unusually complex, you probably want a DB before analysis.
If it’s repetitive, or advanced modeling/ml: python/r
If you can learn a language, you could constrain type conversions easily once you have for knowledge.
Its not like there aren’t painful gotchas in other tools- it’s an issue if you aren’t aware of them and if they impact your work.
If it’s big, unusually complex, you probably want a DB before analysis.
If it’s repetitive, or advanced modeling/ml: python/r