2019 SAS, R, or Python for Analytics & Data Science: Which Tool is Preferred?

Which tool do analytics professionals and data scientists REALLY prefer in 2019 – SAS, R, or Python? And which tool should you learn?

We’ve surveyed data scientists and analytics professionals for the past six years to see how preferences change each year, and to see how they vary by a variety of demographic factors.

This video includes:

- Overall tool preferences
- Preferences examined by experience, region, industry, education, and more
- 4-year trends for key areas
- Tool preferences for data scientists vs others in analytics
- Plus our thoughts on which tool to learn

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Burtch Works is a targeted executive recruiting firm that specializes in placing exceptional analytics and data science professionals. We work with highly-qualified professionals in many quantitative fields including data science, predictive analytics, marketing science, marketing research, web analytics, direct marketing, web analytics, and many more.