Type : epub |
Size : 1.36 MB |
English |
Descirption: Summary
Think Like a Data Scientist presents a step-by-stepapproach to data science, combining analytic, programming, andbusiness perspectives into easy-to-digest techniques and thoughtprocesses for solving real world data-centric problems.
About the Technology
Data collected from customers, scientific measurements, IoTsensors, and so on is valuable only if you understand it. Datascientists revel in the interesting and rewarding challenge ofobserving, exploring, analyzing, and interpreting this data.Getting started with data science means more than masteringanalytic tools and techniques, however; the real magic happens whenyou begin to think like a data scientist. This book will get youthere.
About the Book
Think Like a Data Scientist teaches you a step-by-stepapproach to solving real-world data-centric problems. By breakingdown carefully crafted examples, you'll learn to combineanalytic, programming, and business perspectives into a repeatableprocess for extracting real knowledge from data. As you read,you'll discover (or remember) valuable statistical techniquesand explore powerful data science software. More importantly,you'll put this knowledge together using a structured processfor data science. When you've finished, you'll have astrong foundation for a lifetime of data science learning andpractice.
What's Inside
The data science process, step-by-step
How to anticipate problems
Dealing with uncertainty
Best practices in software and scientific thinking
About the Reader
Readers need beginner programming skills and knowledge of basicstatistics.
About the Author
Brian Godsey has worked in software, academia, finance, anddefense and has launched several data-centric start-ups.
