[gtani]

Try meetups or user's groups for R, SAS, SPSS, data mining, etc. My local R group meetings are really interesting and info-packed.

[Coax]

Interesting, great suggestion. I'll look into that. Thank you.

[barry-cotter]

I'm thinking of doing an econometrics Masters, could I pick your brain on whether it's a good idea or could you point me to any resources that would give me a better idea if this was a good idea? E.g. by the end of an econometrics Masters I'd be able to perform statistical analysis on anything, like genetic data?