Summary
Practical Data Science with R, Second Edition takes a practice-oriented approach to explaining basic principles in the ever expanding field of data science. You’ll jump right to real-world use cases as you apply the R programming language and statistical analysis techniques to carefully explained examples based in marketing, business intelligence, and decision support.
About the technology
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About the book
Practical Data Science with R, Second Edition is a task-based tutorial that leads readers through dozens of useful, data analysis practices using the R language. By concentrating on the most important tasks you’ll face on the job, this friendly guide is comfortable both for business analysts and data scientists. Because data is only useful if it can be understood, you’ll also find fantastic tips for organizing and presenting data in tables, as well as snappy visualizations.
What's inside
Statistical analysis for business pros
Effective data presentation
The most useful R tools
Interpreting complicated predictive models
About the reader
You’ll need to be comfortable with basic statistics and have an introductory knowledge of R or another high-level programming language.
About the author
Nina Zumel and John Mount founded a San Francisco–based data science consulting firm. Both hold PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University and blog on statistics, probability, and computer science.
- 568 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Table of contents
- Inside front cover
- Practical Data Science with R, Second Edition
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Praise for the First Edition
- front matter
- Part 1. Introduction to data science
- 1 The data science process
- 2 Starting with R and data
- 3 Exploring data
- 4 Managing data
- 5 Data engineering and data shaping
- Part 2. Modeling methods
- 6 Choosing and evaluating models
- 7 Linear and logistic regression
- 8 Advanced data preparation
- 9 Unsupervised methods
- 10 Exploring advanced methods
- Part 3. Working in the real world
- 11 Documentation and deployment
- 12 Producing effective presentations
- Appendix A. Starting with R and other tools
- Appendix B. Important statistical concepts
- Appendix C. Bibliography
- Index
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Listings
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