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> But the ballooning cost of the software and dwindling research budgets have prompted scientists to turn to R instead. I know some people using R, though at l
by gms7777 13y ago
> But the ballooning cost of the software and dwindling research budgets have prompted scientists to turn to R instead.
I know some people using R, though at least in my field (Computer Science/Bioinformatics), Python seems to be more popular. Both of which happen to be free. That said, I don't know any research groups that chose R or Python specifically because they were free.
- LanceH 13y agoBeing able to have everyone install it on every computer, without any thought of licensing definitely gets it in the door for some people. The interactive nature of it is handy compared to SAS even when that is also available. I've known people to use R first, make a plan, then go back to programming a SAS on the massive data sets that R might not handle as well.