Learn the basics of data science with these books
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Learn the basics of data science with these books
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Re: Learn the basics of data science with these books
#2Would just throw an extra plug for Python for Data Analysis. Though the title might sound a little bland, it's a good, practical summary of how to use pandas for the sorts of data analysis you often have to do in data science work.
Re: Learn the basics of data science with these books
#3Would just throw an extra plug for Python for Data Analysis. Though the title might sound a little bland, it's a good, practical summary of how to use pandas for the sorts of data analysis you often have to do in data science work.
Very strong third.
The appendix alone taught me most of what I know about python, and it's a great departure from the mass of online materials that focus on ML without getting into the tools you'll need for cleaning and managing data.
Plus, it's free online: http://www3.canisius.edu/~yany/python/Python4DataAnalysis.pd...
Re: Learn the basics of data science with these books
#4Would just throw an extra plug for Python for Data Analysis. Though the title might sound a little bland, it's a good, practical summary of how to use pandas for the sorts of data analysis you often have to do in data science work.
Very strong third. The appendix alone taught me most of what I know about python, and it's a great departure from the mass of online materials that focus on ML without getting into the tools you'll need for cleaning and managing data. Plus, it's free online: http://www3.canisius.edu/~yany/python/Python4DataAnalysis.pd...
Linked pdf looks like a pirated copy from it-ebooks.info
Re: Learn the basics of data science with these books
#5Would just throw an extra plug for Python for Data Analysis. Though the title might sound a little bland, it's a good, practical summary of how to use pandas for the sorts of data analysis you often have to do in data science work.
2E is in the works http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920050896.do
Re: Learn the basics of data science with these books
#6I'm flattered to see Data Science at the Command Line next to these great titles, but I'm not sure if I would recommend it to learn the basics of data science.
DSATCL discusses the ideas behind various cleaning and visualization approaches and several machine algorithms, but only briefly. My personal recommendation would be to first gain some experience with these topics using Python and/or R. If you're afterwards curious to find out how the Unix command line can help to do data science, well, then there's only one book I can think of! ;)
Re: Learn the basics of data science with these books
#7I'm flattered to see Data Science at the Command Line next to these great titles, but I'm not sure if I would recommend it to learn the basics of data science. DSATCL discusses the ideas behind various cleaning and visualization approaches and several machine algorithms, but only briefly. My personal recommendation would be to first gain some experience with these topics using Python and/or R. If you're afterwards cu…
I agree. I'd start with something like Joel Grus's Data Science From Scratch to get a handle on the basics in Python (or whatever the R equivalent is, I'm not familiar with R books).
I do however find myself more and more wishing I knew data science-specific Unix commands, and I think I know what book to get to solve that problem... :)
Re: Learn the basics of data science with these books
#8I'm flattered to see Data Science at the Command Line next to these great titles, but I'm not sure if I would recommend it to learn the basics of data science. DSATCL discusses the ideas behind various cleaning and visualization approaches and several machine algorithms, but only briefly. My personal recommendation would be to first gain some experience with these topics using Python and/or R. If you're afterwards cu…
True. But still I really love your book. Read it, and still reading to speed up many things. Are you planning another version?
Re: Learn the basics of data science with these books
#9IMHO, data science == applied statistics, but you better know a lot about the underlying mathematics before you come to any conclusions.
Re: Learn the basics of data science with these books
#10Would just throw an extra plug for Python for Data Analysis. Though the title might sound a little bland, it's a good, practical summary of how to use pandas for the sorts of data analysis you often have to do in data science work.
I'd add the disclaimer that while Python for Data Analysis is a great resource for learning pandas, which itself is invaluable for data science in Python, the book doesn't cover machine learning or statistical inference in any great detail. That's not a criticism, it's just (mostly) beyond the scope of the book.