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Re: Introduction to statistical learning, 2nd edition

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Post by methusala8 » Sat, Aug 07, 2021, 5:14 AM UTC

tpoacher wrote: post #9

d4rkp4ttern wrote: post #7

Surprised to see it still uses R rather than Python

I'm not. If anything, these days R is evolving much faster than Python in this field.

Any particular reason why you think so? Any particular field where you think R is going ahead of Python?

For Statistical methods, R was always ahead.

Re: Introduction to statistical learning, 2nd edition

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Post by dr_kiszonka » Sat, Aug 07, 2021, 10:10 PM UTC

methusala8 wrote: post #11

tpoacher wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not. If anything, these days R is evolving much faster than Python in this field.

Any particular reason why you think so? Any particular field where you think R is going ahead of Python? For Statistical methods, R was always ahead.

I use Python daily, but I still find the way R / Tidyverse handles df manipulations much more user-friendly and efficient. My understanding is that R has a health ecosystem of packages for dealing with spectrometry data. It is not field so I am not speaking from experience.

Re: Introduction to statistical learning, 2nd edition

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Post by ptr2voidStar » Sun, Aug 08, 2021, 9:56 AM UTC

Thanks for sharing. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but would have really preferred if they had used Python/Pandas instead of R.

But still, can't complain. I bought the very first edition back in my Uni days - look forward to revisiting the new edition.