Data science for dummies

This is the perfect starting point for IT professionals and students interested in making sense of their organization's massive data sets and applying their findings to real-world business scenarios. From uncovering rich data sources to managing large amounts of data within hardware and softwar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Pierson, Lillian, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, Inc [2015]
Colección:--For dummies
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623862406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I, Getting started with data science: Wrapping your head around data science
  • Exploring data engineering pipelines and infrastructure
  • Applying data science to business and industry
  • Part II, Using data science to extract meaning from your data: Introducing probability and statistics
  • Clustering and classification
  • Clustering and classification with nearest neighbor algorithms
  • Mathematical modeling in data science
  • Modeling spatial data with statistics
  • Part III, Creating data visualizations that clearly communicate: Following the principles of data visualization design
  • Using d3.js for data visualization
  • Web-based applications for visualization design
  • Exploring best practices in dashboard design
  • Making maps from spatial data
  • Part IV, Computing for data science: Using python for data science
  • Using open source R for data science
  • Using SQL in data science
  • Software applications for data science
  • Part V, Applying domain expertise to solve real-world problems: Using data science in journalism
  • Delving into environmental data science
  • Data science for driving growth in e-commerce
  • Using data science to describe and predict criminal activity
  • Part VI, The part of tens: Ten phenomenal resources for open data
  • Ten (or so) free data science tools and applications.