With so many ways of doing the same things, how do you find the best way to do something? [Excel -> R Meetup Q&A]

A Question from Meetup: Making the Shift from Excel to R: Perspectives from the back-office

With so many ways of doing the same things, how do you find the best way to do something?

I don’t think there’s a best way. Anybody who uses R, there’s always multiple ways and you can have a debate on what’s best. For me, and while I’m teaching, I’m staying on top of the tidyverse because it’s easier for my learners. Honestly, the RWeekly newsletter that comes out is one of my favorite resources. This is where I’ve found packages like datadrivencv by Nick Strayer. That was huge for me and you can keep on top of these new things from that particular newsletter. It’s hard to keep on top of everything.