R vs Python – Which is best?

If you are reading this article, I imagine you, like many other data scientists, are wondering which programming language to embark upon learning. Whether you have experience in other coding tools or not, the individual features of these two, including the vast arrays of libraries and packages may initially seem daunting, but don’t worry, we’re […]

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Wrangling data with R and Python

Organising data. Manipulating data. Tidying, cleaning, mining. Munging data? There are many ways to describe the steps to create “clean” or “tidy” data for analysis, visualisation or to apply machine learning techniques. My preferred term is the “wrangling” of data as it conjures the image of a cowboy twirling a lasso on horseback (not this […]

R and Python in the workplace

If you are at the start of your data science journey, one of your first decisions is to choose R or Python as your scripting language of choice. The general consensus is to learn both when you need to. Use R for what R does best, and Python for what Python does best. What about […]