The Data Science Handbook
Field Cady · 2024 · 374 pages
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Practical, accessible guide to becoming a data scientist, updated to include the latest advances in data science and related fields. Becoming a data scientist is hard. The job focuses on mathematical tools, but also demands fluency with software engineering, understanding of a business situation, and deep understanding of the data itself. This book provides a crash course in data science, combining all the necessary skills into a unified discipline. The focus of The Data Science Handbook is on practical applications and the ability to solve real problems, rather than theoretical formalisms that are rarely needed in practice. Among its key points are: An emphasis on software engineering and coding skills, which play a significant role in most real data science problems. Extensive sample code, detailed discussions of important libraries, and a solid grounding in core concepts from computer science (computer architecture, runtime complexity, and programming paradigms). A broad overview of important mathematical tools, including classical techniques in statistics, stochastic modeling, regression, numerical optimization, and more. Extensive tips about the practical realities of working
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