Allison Tharp takes a look at R:
RStudio has several ways to import data. One of the easiest ways is to import via URL. This link (https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/api/views/6rqk-pdub/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD) gives us the salaries of all of the government employees for Montgomery County, MD in a CSV format. To import this into RStudio, copy the URL and go to Tools -> Import Dataset -> From Web URL…
R and Python are both good languages to learn for data analysis. I lean just a little bit toward R, but they’re both strong choices in this space.