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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/01/three-reasons-to-learn-r-today.html"> Revolutions</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
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<p>If you're just getting started with data science, the Sharp Sight Labs blog argues that <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://sharpsightlabs.com/blog/r-recommend-data-science/">R is the best data science language to learn today</a>.</p>
<p>The blog post gives several detailed reasons, but the main arguments are:</p>
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<li>R is an extremely popular (arguably <em>the</em> most popular) data progamming language, and ranks highly in several popularity surveys.</li>
<li>Learning R is a great way of learning data science, with many R-based books and resources for probability, frequentist and Bayesian statistics, data visualization, machine learning and more.</li>
<li>Python is another excellent language for data science, but with R it's easier to learn the foundations.</li>
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<p>Once you've learned the basics, Sharp Sight also argues that <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://sharpsightlabs.com/blog/master-r-obsolete/">R is also a great data science to master</a>, even though it's an old langauge compared to some of the newer alternatives. Every tool has a shelf life, but R isn't going anywhere and learning R gives you a foundation beyond the language itself.</p>
<p>If you want to get started with R, Sharp Sight labs offers a <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://sharpsightlabs.com/join-newsletter-rapid-mastery/">data science crash course</a>. You might also want to check out the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-r-data-science-microsoft-dat204x-3">Introduction to R for Data Science course</a> on EdX.</p>
<p>Sharp Sight Labs: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://sharpsightlabs.com/blog/r-recommend-data-science/">Why R is the best data science language to learn today</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://sharpsightlabs.com/blog/master-r-obsolete/">Why you should master R (even if it might eventually become obsolete)</a></p>
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