Data Science & Big Data Analytics is about harnessing the power of data for new insights The book covers the breadth of activities & methods & tools that Data Scientists use 432 pages ...

Written by renowned data science experts Foster Provost & Tom Fawcett Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science & walks you through the data-analytic thinking necessary for extracting useful knowledge & business value from the data you collect This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today Based on an MBA course Provost has taught at New York University over the past ten years Data Science for Business provides examples of real-world business problems to illustrate these principles You'll not only learn how to improve communication between business stakeholders & data scientists but also how participate intelligently in your company's data science projects You'll also discover how to think data-analytically & fully appreciate how data science methods can support business decision-making Understand how data science fits in your organization
- & how you can use it for competitive advantage Treat data as a business asset that requires careful investment if you're to gain real value Approach business problems data-analytically using the data-mining process to gather good data in the most appropriate way Learn general concepts for actually extracting knowledge from data Apply data science principles when interviewing data science job candidates
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This is a first-principles-based practical introduction to the fundamentals of data science aimed at the mathematically-comfortable reader with some programming skills The book covers The important parts of Python to know The important parts of Math Probability Statistics to know The basics of data science How commonly-used data science techniques work (learning by implementing them) What is Map-Reduce & how to do it in Python Other applications such as NLP Network Analysis & more ...

Data stewards in business & IT are the backbone of a successful data governance implementation because they do the work to make a company's data trusted dependable & high quality Data Stewardship explains everything you need to know to successfully implement the stewardship portion of data governance including how to organize train & work with data stewards get high-quality business definitions & other metadata & perform the day-to-day tasks using a minimum of the steward's time & effort David Plotkin has loaded this book with practical advice on stewardship so you can get right to work have early successes & measure & communicate those successes gaining more support for this critical effort ...

Now in its second edition DS Malik brings his proven approach toC programming to the CS2 course Clearly written with the student in mind this text focuses on Data Structures &

Includes:: advanced topics in C such as Linked Lists & the Standard Template Library (STL) The text features abundant visual diagrams examples & extended Programming Examples all of which serve to illuminate difficult concepts Complete programming code & clear display of syntax explanation & example are used throughout the text & each chapter concludes with a robust exercise set

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Learn how to turn raw data into rich interactive web visualizations with the powerful combination of Python & Java Script With this hands-on guide author Kyran Dale teaches you how build a basic dataviz toolchain with best-of-breed Python & Java Script libraries-including Scrapy Matplotlib Pandas Flask & D3-for crafting engaging browser-based visualizations As a working example throughout the book Dale walks you through transforming Wikipedia's table-based list of Nobel Prize winners into an interactive visualization You'll examine steps along the entire toolchain from scraping cleaning exploring & delivering data to building the visualization with Java Script's D3 library If you're ready to create your own web-based data visualizations-and know either Python or Java Script- this is the book for you Learn how to manipulate data with Python Understand the commonalities between Python & Java Script Extract information from websites by using Python's web-scraping tools Beautiful Soup & Scrapy Clean & explore data with Python's Pandas Matplotlib & Numpy libraries Serve data & create RESTful web APIs with Python's Flask framework Create engaging interactive web visualizations with Java Script's D3 library ...

How do you take your data analysis skills beyond Excel to the next level? By learning just enough Python to get stuff done This hands-on guide shows non-programmers like you how to process information that's initially too messy or difficult to access You don't need to know a thing about the Python programming language to get started Through various step-by-step exercises you'll learn how to acquire clean analyze & present data efficiently You'll also discover how to automate your data process schedule file- editing & clean-up tasks process larger datasets & create compelling stories with data you obtain Quickly learn basic Python syntax data types & language concepts Work with both machine-readable & human-consumable data Scrape websites & APIs to find a bounty of useful information Clean & format data to eliminate duplicates & errors in your datasets Learn when to standardize data & when to test & script data cleanup Explore & analyze your datasets with new Python libraries & techniques Use Python solutions to automate your entire data-wrangling process ...

School leaders must know how to analyze interpret & use data so that they can make informed decisions in all areas of education ranging from professional development to student learning This book offers strategies & tools to help launch or fine-tune efforts to become a performance-driven school Based on the authors extensive work with 12 schools the book

Includes:: an examination of such essential topics as establishing a data culture investing in an information management system selecting the right data & analyzing & acting on data to improve performance

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As a society that relies on technology to thrive we face a growing number of potentially catastrophic threats to network security daily DATABASE SECURITY delivers the know-how & skills IT Professionals must have to protect technology infrastructures intellectual property & the company's prosperity From database installation & testing to auditing & SQL Injection DATABASE this text delves into the essential processes & protocols that prevent intrusions while reinforcing each topic with eye-opening real-world examples Unlike most texts on database security which take a computer scientist's analytical approach Database Security focuses on implementation & was written expressly for the expanding field of Information Technology careers ...

Practical & easy to understand DATABASE SYSTEMS DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION & MANAGEMENT Eleventh Edition gives students a solid foundation in database design & implementation Filled with visual aids such as diagrams illustrations & tables this market-leading text provides in-depth coverage of database design demonstrating that the key to successful database implementation is in proper design of databases to fit within a larger strategic view of the data environment Renowned for its clear straightforward writing style this text provides students with an outstanding balance of theory & practice The eleventh edition has been updated to include expanded relational algebra coverage updated business vignettes showing the impact of database tech in the real world updated coverage of cloud data services expanded coverage of Big Data & related Hadoop technologies SQL coverage expanded to include My SQL databases & many other improvements! In addition new review questions problem sets & cases have been added throughout the book so that students have multiple opportunities to test their understanding & develop real & useful design skills ...