Arguing about which programming language is the best one is a favorite pastime among software developers. The tricky part, of course, is defining a set of criteria for "best." With software ...

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This online data science specialization is designed for anyone interested in learning how to program in R. You will learn the basics of R, including imputing data, performing basic analysis, graphing, ...

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A newly retired University of Iowa professor is being recognized for helping build one of the most influential tools in modern data science. Luke Tierney, professor emeritus in the Department of ...

This article is adapted from an edition of our Off the Charts newsletter originally published in October 2021. Off the Charts is a weekly, subscriber-only guide to The Economist’s award-winning data ...

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