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zeldapsychology
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19 Oct 2015, 7:51 pm

Hello. Half way through that "NewBoston" site on Python about half way on his 50 tutorial videos (on around 25 or so).

Got stuck on downloading some package thingy.

I read Python/R/& MatLab are good for "data analysis" so I jumped into his R tutorials. (only 18 videos there on video 10.)

They seem easier enough and I think I like R more than Python. It seems like you don't have to type as much. In Python's case it's If/Else statements if this is true or false etc. In R you get TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE all in one command no back & forth.

MatLab IS expensive though at $150 bucks! I also found a good R tutorial for when I'm done with NewBoston's R videos. If I can ever figure out what got me stuck some "pack thing" on video 25 I'll jump back into Python.

Not sure WHAT I really want to do in the field sadly. To me it's just typing words I'm not doing/making anything. Although in R I loved making a spreadsheet in one line of code vs. having to type it all out in Excel. :-)