When it comes to working with data in a tabular form, most people reach for a spreadsheet. That’s not a bad choice: Microsoft Excel and similar programs are familiar and loaded with functionality for ...

Python makes it simple to integrate with both relational and non-relational databases, enabling you to build robust, data-driven applications. With connectors for SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and ...

In December 2019 my InfoWorld colleague Sharon Machlis wrote an article called “How to merge data in R using R merge, dplyr, or data.table.” Sharon is a whiz at R programming, and analytics in general ...

The recent announcement from Microsoft that they have now integrated Python into it’s Excel spreadsheet software has opened up a wealth of new applications for data analytics, automation and number ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Identifying causal relationships from observational data is not easy. Still, ...