July 2020
Beginner to intermediate
626 pages
10h 2m
English
book
The Data Analysis Workshop
by Gururajan Govindan, Shubhangi Hora, Konstantin Palagachev, Brent Broadnax, John Wesley Doyle, Ashish Jain, Robert Thas John, Ravi Ranjan Prasad Karn, Pritesh Tiwari
Overview
The Data Analysis Workshop teaches you how to analyze and interpret data to solve real-world business problems effectively. By working through practical examples and datasets, you'll gain actionable insights into modern analytic techniques and build your confidence as a data analyst.
What this Book will help me do
- Understand and apply fundamental data analysis concepts and techniques to tackle diverse datasets.
- Perform rigorous hypothesis testing and analyze group differences within data sets.
- Create informative data visualizations using Python libraries like Matplotlib and Seaborn.
- Understand and use correlation metrics to identify relationships between variables.
- Leverage advanced data manipulation techniques to uncover hidden patterns in complex datasets.
Author(s)
The authors, Gururajan Govindan, Shubhangi Hora, and Konstantin Palagachev, are experts in data science and analytics with years of experience in industry and academia. Their background includes performing business-critical analysis for companies and teaching students how to approach data-driven decision-making. They bring their depth of knowledge and engaging teaching styles together in this approachable guide.
Who is it for?
This book is intended for programmers with proficiency in Python who want to apply their skills to the field of data analysis. Readers who have a foundational understanding of coding and are eager to implement hands-on data science techniques will gain the most value. The content is also suitable for anyone pursuing a data-driven problem-solving mindset. This is an excellent resource to help transition from basic coding proficiency to applying Python in real-world data science.
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