is R programming a meme or should I learn it
Retard programming? I guess.
>>55110784
its a fucking meme. back in high school some kid made a calculator in R and i did mine in C++, i won the calculator contest.
>mfw it was the only thing ive ever won
If you have to ask then no. R is a specialized tool, not really a general programming language.
>>55111037
is it worth learning as a specialized tool
>>55111078
yes, it's better than stata etc
Breathing is a meme
>>55110784
Not really a meme, it's seeing a surge in popularity at the moment.
>>55111111
Hexes confirm, time to stop breathing.
>>55111111
>tfw suffocation is the new way of life
feels not much at all
>>55110784
the fact that it can easily load up various textual data formats is well worth it. handy for basic descriptive statistic and plots. just these two things bring enough value imo.
if you want to delve deeper into it, it does come with a learning curve. it has a lot of functionality and can skin a cat in many ways.
>>55110843
What sort of operations could it do? Just curious
I like R, it's really unrestrictive
>>55110784
its not a meme, but if you'd already know if you need to learn it or not based on what field you're interested in.
Use Julia lang.
>>55111316
I'm not interested in anything I'm just looking to gain a skill that could net me a job
>>55110784
It's really nice tool to have if you are interested in ML. Pretty easy to read in a file, split it into train/test/ect sets, and the ML/Plotting libraries themselves are top notch. I couldn't imagine doing anything else with it though, but that is just my personal opinion.
>>55111347
Probably not then. The jobs R is used in tend to be one where learning R is by far the easiest prerequisite.
Someone got a good R tutorial to get started?
>>55111347
R is for statistics. It's useless if you don't have a degree in statistics.
>>55111111
holy shit. checked
>>55111111
The gods have spoken
It's not a meme, lot of people use it and there are a good amount of jobs for it.
But if you have to ask you probably aren't interested in the applications it's used for.
>>55111111
>>55111111
OK guys, it's been fun. Guess I have to asphyxiate myself to finally become the 1337est hacker in the world.
>>55111037
Yeah this. I did R for awhile, and it's really meant to be used in specific applications.
>>55111111
Stopped now
>>55111111
Nice.
>>55112331
Sometimes I forget this video exists, and then I get really happy when I'm reminded.
>>55111111
>>55111111
Dubs + Hexes = Truth
Today is the day I quit that meme. Off to /b/ to livestream>>55111111
>>55111237
It was basically a GUI for everything in the math.h library
>>55111083
For 99% of what anyone would want to do, stata is best. If you need to do something too complex/nuanced for stata, SAS is better. R is only for kiddies and poorfags.
>>55113991
This is incorrect. SAS is a horrid pile of shit. R is far more flexible and faster. R is also a horrid pile of shit though. So... yeah.
>>55110784
Very worth as an extra tool.
>Pol sci PhD here
>>55114525
SAS is truly annoying, but due to its age you can do more with it than any alternative. R is only popular because it is free.
>>55114930
R also has more community and company support nowadays. Plus is a much better choice for machine learning type tasks.
>>55111083
Fuck stata. Had to use that for a class. Most impossibly retarted interface with close to zero extensibility. Ended up doing half the assignments in python
>>55111583
Read books. I recommend "r in a nutshell" because its also a refence book. R really is a language for specific tasks, so you'll want to know the basics and then just look things up when you want to do them
>>55110784
>learn it
?function gives documentation
??function searches for documentation
; are optional ways to tell that a line ends
index starts at 1.
now you know R
What's the point of R when SPSS exists?
>>55118716
R is free
>>55118725
If your time is free ;~)
>>55118730
yea R takes a lot of time to run, but you shouldn't really use it for large applications.
>>55118747
>not using rcpp
R is for prototyping, if it's running slow you're either doing it wrong or shouldn't be using it
>>55118761
I know. Why are you telling me?
>>55118851
Agreeing with you senpai ;)
>>55118716
>i've never undertaken a large statistical analysis project
>i don't value my time
>what is reproducible research
if yes to any, keep using SPSS, spastic.
>>55111111
well memed
>>55117551
You're both incorrect. Python is a better language for any statistical or machine learning libraries.
>>55119364
Python is better for machine learning.
R is better for stats.
I would say python would be better in the long run though.
>>55110784
It's used a lot in research
>>55110784
It is a language for STATSTICS.
"I need high level statstics" --> use R
"What is high level statstics?" --> don't use R
>>55119394
What libs does Python have which compete with R for machine learning?
>>55111111
fug
>>55110784
if you are into maths or statistics, then its worth learning, pretty easy desu
