{"id":4799,"date":"2014-02-25T00:30:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:45:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T10:15:31","slug":"why-learning-r-is-important-in-present-day-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/why-learning-r-is-important-in-present-day-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Why learning R is important in present day context"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if !mso]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">If you are wondering what language to learn that is going to give you value for money and time invested, that\u2019s definitely \u201cR\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">While there are so many benefits and reasons why learning \u2018R\u2019 is so important today, the most significant among them is that \u2018R\u2019 language is here to stay for a long time with its adoption snowballing across industries and solutions. Unlike some others like Pascal and VB6 that have become obsolete, \u2018R\u2019 language has a long shelf life, at an estimated 15years or more. So when you learn \u2018R\u2019 you are getting value for your investment, besides being able to chalk out a career roadmap that is far-sighted and beneficial for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">If you are not very sure what R language is all about, let\u2019s decode it. R is a statistical language developed in the mid- 90s, that has today extended tself to analytics, data science, academic research and latently, Big Data. However, it can be used by anybody, even without a formal background in statistics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Benefits of \u2018R\u2019<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Open source, with underlying code downloaded at no cost or time<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Easy to use for anyone, programming language not necessary<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Wingdings;\">\u00a7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Runs on all OS (Operating Systems), on your simple desktop, laptop, Mac, whatever.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Does not need internet connection, unless you are inputting any data source from net<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Can be learned even without being a statistics or mathematics expert, although it does facilitate learning\/usage process<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Data is easy to input, analyse and output<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Data can be imported from any source \u2013 Excel, SAS, SPSS<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Facilitates analysis and manipulation of data<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Supports a great graphical display<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">A wide spectrum of R packages available for use<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Continued development of packages and applications, FREELY available<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Has found application in enterprise and business anlaytics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Inputs Google maps and many other geostatistical functions for processing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Extends itself to a Big Data environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Ability to be paired \/ integrated with other software or technolgy environments (SAS, Hadoop, more)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Ability to call R from SAS<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Most importantly, THE platform of choice for data scientists, analysts , statisticians, IT professionals, researchers and even geospatial professionals<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Now if all this has not convinced you that learning R is important today, read on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Why do you need R?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Whether you are a student or professional in IT (developing, database, software administration, etc), statistics, social science, sport science, healthcare, data science, research (in any field), Geology or GIS, R is a simple software that extends across all of these domains and more. With its easy learning curve, you can gain mastery over this terrific language. You can make contributions that simplify your tasks and add to your job portfolio, develop applications on your own, and publish the same across the \u2018R\u2019 community.\u00a0 You do not need permissions for any of these. Unlike other proprietary or even open source languages, once you download R, it becomes \u2018your baby\u2019. You can develop and work as you move along your career path. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Check out our blogs that give you a <a href=\"https:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/blog\/2013\/11\/17\/a-rundown-on-analytics-friendly-big-data-technologies\/\">Rundown on Big Data technologies (includes R)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/blog\/2013\/12\/10\/how-to-learn-popular-analytics-tools-on-your-own-r-statistical-software\/\">How to learn R for free<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>Favouriting R as the preferred language for most jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">I am also sharing my personal reasons for favouriting R, in case this helps you clinch your decision. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">R is open source software, which means no annual licence fee payable (wow!), easy and fast to download(while you multitask), free access to plenty of learning tutorials on net and a huge developer community (I share my morning tea with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.r-bloggers.com\/\">R-Bloggers<\/a> \u2013 kicking off each day learning something new). What\u2019s more, it\u2019s a great data processor, can be used in my papers (yes, I have used in EIA as well as epidemiology!) , enhances presentations I make on any topic with its coloured graphical displays and recently, its ability to input Google map that has me over the moon! . With its analytics and Geostatistical capabilities, integration with Hadoop and SAS, this is the most prolific open source software, and you must learn this. Okay, so I may be partial to R, but surely not without reason!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/R1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4802 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/R4.png\" alt=\"R4\" width=\"211\" height=\"203\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4800 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/R1.png\" alt=\"R1\" width=\"196\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/R1.png 318w, https:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/R1-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Simple graphics &#8211; Part of a contaminant analysis task executed using R<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are wondering what language to learn that is going to give you value for money and time invested, that\u2019s definitely \u201cR\u201d.<br \/>\nWhile there are so many benefits and reasons why learning \u2018R\u2019 is so important today, the most significant among them is that \u2018R\u2019 language is here to stay for a long time with its adoption snowballing across industries and solutions. Irrespective of what industry or career choice you make, R is a necessary learning curve. More so, if you are in IT, analytics and data mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[551],"tags":[225,226,227,228,224],"class_list":["post-4799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools-softwares","tag-benefits-of-r","tag-r-is-important-today","tag-value-for-money-and-time-invested","tag-why-learn-r","tag-why-learning-r-is-important"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Learning R is Crucial in Today\u2019s Data-Driven World.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unlock the power of R: an open-source, versatile language that\u2019s shaping careers in data science, analytics, and beyond. 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