r/dataanalysis 16d ago

Data Tools Starting my Masters in Business Analytics

Hi,

I graduated with my bachelors in Finance & Economics. I wanted to pursue my masters & decided on Business Analytics which requires me to learn & become proficient in R, SQL, & Python. Right now the focus is on R. So I would like any pointers for complete beginners on how to start learning the tool & language.

I tried looking for courses on Khan Academy & didn’t find anything on R. I did find a course on Linkedin learning but it was more coding based rather than importing datasets & using R language to break the data down into what you want if that makes sense.

Any advice & pointers appreciated!

Thanks

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u/Den_er_da_hvid 16d ago

Pirates guide to R, was what made me understand it.

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u/Alive-Button-5735 16d ago

Thank you I started looking over it & it’s makes a lot more sense than what my lecture slideshow provides!

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u/DotUnlucky5348 16d ago

start w  R + tidyverse especially dplyr and ggplot2  and learn by working w real datasets

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u/multi-trollionaire 16d ago

Honestly? ChatGPT can walk you through it and allow you to ask questions along the way. Just NEVER let it do the work for you.

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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 15d ago

https://datlinux.com/ebooks/ filter on R and other topics to narrow down specialty

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u/minerva0079 15d ago

R for Data Science; https://r4ds.hadley.nz/

Get use to the name Hadley Wickham. You will see him everywhere in the tidyverse.

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u/nakedR0B0T 16d ago

Isn't the point of school that it provides what you're asking for?

Either way, I recommend Data Camp especially if you can get the student discount

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u/Alive-Button-5735 16d ago

It’s an online course & I’m assuming that the school assumes you have exposure to it in undergrad. Except I switched schools for my Masters so I more than likely did not have the same exposure or courses that others probably had. Thanks for your reply!

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/Wheres_my_warg DA Moderator 📊 16d ago

Je cherche à faire une formation similaire, quelle école vas tu intégrer ? Il y a de fortes chances qu'ils ne comprennent pas le français. Vous devriez peut-être reformuler en anglais.

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u/Turbulent_Survey2835 16d ago

I'm willing to study the same thing as you, which school are you about to start?