Also, not surprisingly, we teach the R language used in programming in our Bootcamp for all the reasons I mention above. However, per our mission of “data science for everyone,” most of our students do not have extensive programming backgrounds. Even with our students that code, R language skills are quite rare. Fortunately, our students universally share skills in using Microsoft Excel for various analytical scenarios. It is my belief that Excel skills are an excellent foundation for learning R. Some example of this include:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.datasciencedojo.com/r-language/