Data Smart, John W. Foreman
Data Smart, John W. Foreman
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Data Smart
Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight

Author: John W. Foreman

Narrator: Matthew Josdal

Unabridged: 10 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 12/25/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Data Science gets thrown around in the press like it's magic. Major retailers are predicting everything from when their customers are pregnant to when they want a new pair of Chuck Taylors. It's a brave new world where seemingly meaningless data can be transformed into valuable insight to drive smart business decisions.

But how does one exactly do data science? Do you have to hire one of these priests of the dark arts, the "data scientist," to extract this gold from your data? Nope.

Data science is little more than using straight-forward steps to process raw data into actionable insight. And in Data Smart, author and data scientist John Foreman will show you how that's done within the familiar environment of a spreadsheet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amin on February 17, 2020

چقدر این کتاب خوب بود و به خواندنش می‌ارزید! ایده کتاب ساده و جذاب است: تحلیل داده را، حتی ابزارها و روش‌هایی که به نظر پیچیده می‌آیند، در اکسل یاد بگیرید تا خوب بفهمید چه اتفاقی دارد می‌افتد، بعد با هر برنامه و زبانی که خواستید در آینده استفاده کنید. نویسنده در اجرای این طرح کاملا موفق است. یعنی اگ......more

Goodreads review by Victoriano on February 16, 2016

We all know that the field of data science is lurking in the depths of literally everything we consume, but more often than not, I’ve only been offered a hand-wavy description whenever I ask someone to explain it to me. Or even worse, I’m bombarded with maths equations whenever I venture onto a Wiki......more

Goodreads review by Sebastian on September 08, 2014

Great. Even if it has some flaws, the overall feeling is very clear - it's a great book that easily proves that data science may be fun & sexy. Pros: * it's very practical - just action, just meat, everything presented in practical cases * the examples are perfect: very clear, easy to understand & they......more

Goodreads review by Steve on January 23, 2014

really great intro to modern data science. I really liked the way he broke the material up by scenarios (e.g. predicting which Target customers are pregnant based on their previous purchases, figuring out how customers cluster so you can target them with marketing, etc). The book walks you through th......more