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minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down5·edit-211 months agoScientists should be using programming languages like R or Python. They are both extremely popular in this field, much more than Excel.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·11 months agoShoulda coulda. Not everyone is a programmer.
minus-squareHawk@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·11 months agoExcept every scientist and analyst. Stats, data sci and ML is done in R and Python, be it astro, health data or genomics. If someone has been taught stats in spreadsheet software, they have have been taught wrong, period. Also, programming is a very strong term. we’re talking about stats in a scripting language, not software development in CPP.
minus-squareisles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·11 months agoResearch projects almost exclusively have more than one person working on them.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoThey should be if they’re doing data analysis like this.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIf it works, it works. Programming is a tough thing to learn.
Scientists should be using programming languages like R or Python. They are both extremely popular in this field, much more than Excel.
Shoulda coulda. Not everyone is a programmer.
Except every scientist and analyst. Stats, data sci and ML is done in R and Python, be it astro, health data or genomics.
If someone has been taught stats in spreadsheet software, they have have been taught wrong, period.
Also, programming is a very strong term. we’re talking about stats in a scripting language, not software development in CPP.
Research projects almost exclusively have more than one person working on them.
They should be if they’re doing data analysis like this.
If it works, it works. Programming is a tough thing to learn.