R, for all its strengths, seems to have quite a learning curve and a lot of syntax to remember. The other approach is to use a GUI based enviroment such as Easy

R, for all its strengths, seems to have quite a learning curve and a lot of syntax to remember. The other approach is to use a GUI based enviroment such as Easy Data Transform, Alteryx or Knime. These are never going to be quite as flexible as a language-based approach, but they are a lot easier to get started with - especially for people with no programming background.