The best way to learn data science is to DO data science! Data Scientist (n.): Person who is better at statistics than any software engineer and better at software engineering than any statistician. – Josh Wills, Director of Data Engineering at Slack ## Getting up to speed quick
RStudio cloud offers a set of primers (simple tutorials) covering the basics of programing to writing functions. They are short, yet effective at getting you used to R in as little time as possible.
Primers for R on RStudio Cloud
Learn by DOING with Data Camp
If you have a more time, Data Camp’s interactive courses provide more depth in introducing you to R or Python. With over 160 courses, you can learn everything from the basics to machine learning, applied statistics and dashboards. Data Camp also offers courses in SQL, Git, Shell, and spreadsheets.
Go here to sign up for a free account linked to BYU-I with Data Camp.
Here are some suggested courses on Data Camp to learn the fundamentals.
Data Camp has collections of courses that make up skill and career tracks that include the essential skills for different areas like Intro to Statistics or full on data science.
Dive into Data Science with Books
