Becoming a data head : how to think, speak, and understand data science, statistics, and machine learning

"In Becoming a Data Head: How to Think, Speak, and Understand Data Science, Statistics, and Machine Learning, award-winning data scientists Alex Gutman and Jordan Goldmeier pull back the curtain on data science and give you the language and tools necessary to talk and think critically about it....

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Main Authors Gutman, Alex J., Goldmeier, Jordan (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Indianapolis, Indiana : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2021]
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781119741718
1119741718
9781119741763
1119741769
1119741742
9781119741749
Physical Description1 online resource (xxv, 226 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Thinking like a data head. What is the problem?
  • What is data?
  • Prepare to think statistically
  • Part II. Speaking like a data head. Explore the data
  • Examine the probabilities
  • Challenge the statistics
  • Part III. Understanding the data scientist's toolbox. Search for hidden groups
  • Understand the regression model
  • Understand the classification model
  • Understand text analytics
  • Conceptualize deep learning
  • Part IV. Ensuring success. Watch out for pitfalls
  • Know the people and personalities
  • What's next?