A Tour of Data Science (Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series) - Hardcover

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Zhang, Nailong

 
9780367897062: A Tour of Data Science (Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367897067 ISBN 13: 9780367897062
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2020

Synopsis

A Tour of Data Science: Learn R and Python in Parallel covers the fundamentals of data science, including programming, statistics, optimization, and machine learning in a single short book. It does not cover everything, but rather, teaches the key concepts and topics in Data Science. It also covers two of the most popular programming languages used in Data Science, R and Python, in one source.

Key features:

  • Allows you to learn R and Python in parallel
  • Cover statistics, programming, optimization and predictive modelling, and the popular data manipulation tools – data.table and pandas
  • Provides a concise and accessible presentation
  • Includes machine learning algorithms implemented from scratch, linear regression, lasso, ridge, logistic regression, gradient boosting trees, etc.

Appealing to data scientists, statisticians, quantitative analysts, and others who want to learn programming with R and Python from a data science perspective.

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About the Author

Nailong Zhang is lead Data Scientist at Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company.

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Publisher
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367897067
ISBN 13 
9780367897062
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
216

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