R

Although Python is the #1 language in the world, R is now (2023) #16. It was and still is a great language for data science and statistics, but Python has since copied its functionality and made it simpler. Still, some data science / machine learning courses online use R instead of Python.

• Data Science All science degrees at the university will require basic fluency in data acquisition and generating charts. Excel was a popular tool of the past, but Jupyter Notebooks are the current hot thing. Basic understanding of statistics and proving one's hypothesis is paramount.

• RStudio R is a complete data science toolkit, and pre-dates Python

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)
• Coursera (Johns Hopkins University) - The Data Scientist’s Toolbox
• Coursera Data Science Online Classes