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About this book
Want to jump into data science but don't know where to start?
Let's be real, data science is presented as something mystical and unattainable without the most powerful software, hardware, and data expertise. Real data science isn't about technology. It's about how you approach the problem.
In this updated edition of Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight, award-winning data scientist and bestselling author Jordan Goldmeier shows you how to implement data science problems using Excel while exposing how things work behind the scenes.
Data Smart is your field guide to building statistics, machine learning, and powerful artificial intelligence concepts right inside your spreadsheet.
Inside you'll find:
- Four-color data visualizations that highlight and illustrate the concepts discussed in the book
- Tutorials explaining complicated data science using just Microsoft Excel
- How to take what you've learned and apply it to everyday problems at work and life
- Advice for using formulas, Power Query, and some of Excel's latest features to solve tough data problems
- Smart data science solutions for common business challenges
- Explanations of what algorithms do, how they work, and what you can tweak to take your Excel skills to the next level
Data Smart is a must-read for students, analysts, and managers ready to become data science savvy and share their findings with the world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Introduction
- 1 Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Spreadsheets but Were Too Afraid to Ask
- 2 Set It and Forget It: An Introduction to Power Query
- 3 NaĂŻve Bayes and the Incredible Lightness of Being an Idiot
- 4 Cluster Analysis Part 1: Using K-Means to Segment Your Customer Base
- 5 Cluster Analysis Part II: Network Graphs and Community Detection
- 6 Regression: The Granddaddy of Supervised Artificial Intelligence
- 7 Ensemble Models: A Whole Lot of Bad Pizza
- 8 Forecasting: Breathe Easy: You Can't Win
- 9 Optimization Modeling: Because That âFresh-Squeezedâ Orange Juice Ain't Gonna Blend Itself
- 10 Outlier Detection: Just Because Theyâre Odd Doesnât Mean Theyâre Unimportant
- 11 Moving on From Spreadsheets
- 12 Conclusion
- Index
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Author
- About the Technical Editors
- Acknowledgments
- End User License Agreement