عنوان

Data science for dummies

(Number (ISBN

9781118841457

(Number (ISBN

9781118841525

Erroneous ISBN

978111841556

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Title Proper

Data science for dummies

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Lillian Pierson ; foreword by Jake Porway, Founder and Executive Director of DataKind.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvi, 384 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps.

Series Title

For dummies

Text of Note

This is the perfect starting point for IT professionals and students interested in making sense of their organization's massive data sets and applying their findings to real-world business scenarios. From uncovering rich data sources to managing large amounts of data within hardware and software limitations, ensuring consistency in reporting, merging various data sources, and beyond, you'll develop the know-how you need to effectively interpret data. This book provides a background in data science fundamentals before moving on to working with relational databases and unstructured data and preparing your data for analysis; details different data visualization techniques that can be used to showcase and summarize your data; explains both supervised and unsupervised machine learning, including regression, model validation, and clustering techniques; includes coverage of big data processing tools like MapReduce, Hadoop, Dremel, Storm, and Spark. --

Title

Data science for dummies

International Standard Book Number

978111841556

Big data.

Data mining.

Information technology.

Information visualization.

Machine learning.

Relational databases.

Pierson, Lillian

Porway, Jake

Books24x7, Inc.

Date of Transaction

20150804134500.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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