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Doing Data Science

By Rachel Schutt , Cathy O'Neil

Book information

Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Year
2013
ISBN
978-1-44935-865-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31409300 bytes)
Pages
405\405
Time added
2016-04-28 15:10:20

Description

Now that people are aware that data can make the difference in an election or a business model, data science as an occupation is gaining ground. But how can you get started working in a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary field thats so clouded in hype? This insightful book, based on Columbia Universitys Introduction to Data Science class, tells you what you need to know.In many of these chapter-long lectures, data scientists from companies such as Google, Microsoft, and eBay share new algorithms, methods, and models by presenting case studies and the code they use. If youre familiar with linear algebra, probability, and statistics, and have programming experience, this book is an ideal introduction to data science.

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