How is the R programming language used?

Question

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Humanitarian research requires a tool for analyzing data from the Internet and social networks. Friends advise the R language. Tell us how it is used, for example, in sociology / psychology, does it make sense to study it, or are there other languages ​​/ programs?

Answer 1

There are psychologists in the summer school studying R. As for me, it’s a good opportunity to isolate oneself from everything in two weeks and at the same time master basic skills. There is an interesting interview where they talk about this and R in general https://discourse.digital/blogs/yazyk-rv-gumanita...
In particular, there is a comparison of R and python.