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Title The Crystal Ball Instruction Manual / Stephen Davies Volume One: Introduction to Data Science.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : University of Mary Washington, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource.
Series Open textbook library.
Contents 1 Introduction -- 2 A trip to Jupyter -- 3 Three kinds of atomic data -- 4 Memory pictures -- 5 Calculations -- 6 Scales of measure -- 7 Three kinds of aggregate data -- 8 Arrays in Python (1 of 2) -- 9 Arrays in Python (2 of 2) -- 10 Interpreting Data -- 11 Assoc. arrays in Python (1 of 3) -- 12 Assoc. arrays in Python (2 of 3) -- 13 Assoc. arrays in Python (3 of 3) -- 14 Loops -- 15 EDA: univariate -- 16 Tables in Python (1 of 3) -- 17 Tables in Python (2 of 3) -- 18 Tables in Python (3 of 3) -- 19 EDA: bivariate (1 of 2) -- 20 EDA: bivariate (2 of 2) -- 21 Branching -- 22 Functions (1 of 2) -- 23 Functions (2 of 2) -- 24 Recoding and transforming -- 25 Machine Learning: concepts -- 26 Classification: concepts -- 27 Decision trees (1 of 2) -- 28 Decision trees (2 of 2) -- 29 Evaluating a classifier
Summary A perfect introduction to the exploding field of Data Science for the curious, first-time student. The author brings his trademark conversational tone to the important pillars of the discipline: exploratory data analysis, choices for structuring data, causality, machine learning principles, and introductory Python programming using open-source Jupyter Notebooks. This engaging read will allow any dedicated learner to build the skills necessary to contribute to the Data Science revolution, regardless of background.
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Language In English.
Subject Computer science -- Textbooks.
Artificial intelligence -- Textbooks.
Information technology -- Textbooks.
Databases -- Textbooks.
Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Textbooks.
Artificial intelligence. (OCoLC)fst00817247
Computer science. (OCoLC)fst00872451
Databases. (OCoLC)fst00888065
Information technology. (OCoLC)fst00973089
Genre/Form Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
Added Author Davies, Stephen, author.
ISBN 9781715320041
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