This paper is from Session 1B: Statistical education software: Looking back and looking forward

which comes under Topic 1: Statistics education: Looking back, looking forward

Paper 1B3 (Thursday 12th, 11:00-12:30)

Should all statistics students be programmers?

Presenter

• Hadley Wickham (RStudio / Stanford, United States)

Abstract

The statistical programming language R has become a major competitor in the field of statistics education software. R is free, and the RStudio interface has made it simpler for novices to use. In addition, the development of the so-called `tidyverse’ of packages has simplified the syntax necessary to accomplish introductory statistics tasks. But, should all statistics students be programmers?