Practical Data Science With R

Zumel, Nina/ Mount, John

ISBN 10: 1617291560 / ISBN 13: 9781617291562

Published by Manning Pubns Co, 2014

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pap/psc edition. 389 pages. 9.50x7.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practical Data Science With R
• Publisher: Manning Pubns Co
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617291560
• ISBN 13: 9781617291562
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.7 kilograms

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Synopsis

Summary

Practical Data Science with R lives up to its name. It explains basic principles without the theoretical mumbo-jumbo and jumps right to the real use cases you'll face as you collect, curate, and analyze the data crucial to the success of your business. You'll apply the R programming language and statistical analysis techniques to carefully explained examples based in marketing, business intelligence, and decision support.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Book

Business analysts and developers are increasingly collecting, curating, analyzing, and reporting on crucial business data. The R language and its associated tools provide a straightforward way to tackle day-to-day data science tasks without a lot of academic theory or advanced mathematics.

Practical Data Science with R shows you how to apply the R programming language and useful statistical techniques to everyday business situations. Using examples from marketing, business intelligence, and decision support, it shows you how to design experiments (such as A/B tests), build predictive models, and present results to audiences of all levels.

This book is accessible to readers without a background in data science. Some familiarity with basic statistics, R, or another scripting language is assumed.

What's Inside

• Data science for the business professional
• Statistical analysis using the R language
• Project lifecycle, from planning to delivery
• Numerous instantly familiar use cases
• Keys to effective data presentations

About the Authors

Nina Zumel and John Mount are cofounders of a San Francisco-based data science consulting firm. Both hold PhDs from Carnegie Mellon and blog on statistics, probability, and computer science at win-vector.com.

Table of Contents

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE

1. The data science process
2. Loading data into R
3. Exploring data
4. Managing data

PART 2 MODELING METHODS

5. Choosing and evaluating models
6. Memorization methods
7. Linear and logistic regression
8. Unsupervised methods
9. Exploring advanced methods

PART 3 DELIVERING RESULTS

10. Documentation and deployment
11. Producing effective presentations

About the Author

Nina Zumel co-founded Win-Vector, a data science consulting firm in San Francisco. She holds a PH.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon and was a content developer for EMC's Data Science and Big Data Analytics Training Course. Nina also contributes to the Win-Vector Blog, which covers topics in statistics, probability, computer science, mathematics and optimization.

John Mount co-founded Win-Vector, a data science consulting firm in San Francisco. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon and over 15 years of applied experience in biotech research, online advertising, price optimization and finance. He contributes to the Win-Vector Blog, which covers topics in statistics, probability, computer science, mathematics and optimization.