If you like to practice your English at the same time,
I believe you may grab an original R or SPSS book to read and rehearsal,
Such as: Using R for Data Analysis and Graphics
Those books normally deploy vivid case step by step.

As your poetry description, the method is also a beautiful journey leading to your growth.
I hope this could strengthen your intuition.

but i think reading books is boring and it is difficult to apply somethings you learn from the books to practical problems