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minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down5·edit-21 year 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-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoShoulda coulda. Not everyone is a programmer.
minus-squareHawk@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down5·1 year 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-down3·1 year agoResearch projects almost exclusively have more than one person working on them.
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.