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The R language for statistical computing has creeped back into the top 10 in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity. “Programming language R is known for fitting statisticians and ...

Predictive analysis refers to the use of historical data and analyzing it using statistics to predict future events. It takes place in seven steps, and these are: defining the project, data collection ...

R Markdown isn’t going away. But the Quarto publishing platform is as friendly to Python, Julia, and Observable JavaScript as it is to R. R Markdown has been one of the more compelling aspects of the ...

Java can handle large workloads, and even if it hits limitations, peripheral JVM languages such as Scala and Kotlin can pick up the slack. But in the world of data science, Java isn't always the go-to ...