Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight
by John W. Foreman
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Data Science gets thrown around in the press like it's magic. Major retailers are predicting everything from when their customers are pregnant to when they want a new pair of Chuck Taylors. It's a brave new world where seemingly meaningless data can be transformed into valuable insight to drive smart business decisions. But how does one exactly do data science? Do you have to hire one of these priests of the dark arts, the ""data scientist,"" to extract this gold from your data? Nope. Data show more science is little more than using straight-forward steps to process raw data into actionable insight. show lessTags
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Outstanding introduction to the concepts of data science using Excel and practical examples. Will give the beginner the confidence to dive into more complex material after reading this book. Great sense of humor.
Beware: this is not an introductory book. IT assumes knowledge in math and Excel. So, even though, the book is code-free (minus a few - not enough for my taste - R replication of the examples in Excel), it does involve building complex formulas and using advanced Excel functions.
Side note: there is also a quick and dirty introduction to Gephi for network visualization.
Side note: there is also a quick and dirty introduction to Gephi for network visualization.
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- Technology, Nonfiction, Business
- DDC/MDS
- 006.312 — Computer science, information & general works Computer science, knowledge & systems Special computer methods (AI, barcoding, VR, web design, social media) Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Data mining
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- QA76.9 .D343 .F67 — Science Mathematics Mathematics Instruments and machines Calculating machines Electronic computers. Computer science
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- English, Portuguese
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