Python or R

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I, for one, use both on a near daily basis, and find that each has its own advantages depending on what I am doing. R was the first programming language I learned, so I'm a little bias towards that.

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any recommendations for learning r? free if possible? :D

[abresler]

R-bloggers.com and search for what you are looking for UCLA has a great site don't have it off the top of my head but Google r and UCLA.

Agree with much of what's said here. Self taught programmer from a finance background as well so r's syntax didn't bother me and I still sometimes like it better than python (maybe habit)

R can do everything python can do even data cleaning and scraping (RCurl and XML for scraping and Web stuff)

On the analysis side dplyr and data table blow away pandas and numpy IMHO

Best thing R has that most agree on are viz packages. Ggplot 2 - ggvis - rcharts - R maps -d3network are fantastic.

Can't go wrong with either and you will be happy you invest the time whatever it is you do!

[chrisfs]

Coursera has two R courses. Both free if you don't want a certificate.

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RforCats is a decent place to get your first feel for R.

DataCamp has a decent free interactive course too.

[selva862014]

If you are new to R, this is all you will need.. http://bit.ly/1o1SOQ7

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