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A Friendly Guide to Data Science: Everything You Should Know About the Hottest Field in Tech

Name: A Friendly Guide to Data Science: Everything You Should Know About the Hottest Field in Tech
Author: Kelly P. Vincent
ISBN: 9798868811692

by Kelly P. Vincent

June 2025

Beginner

901 pages

19h 58m

English

Apress

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K. P. VincentA Friendly Guide to Data ScienceFriendly Guides to Technologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-1169-2_5

5. Figuring Stuff Out: Data Analysis

Kelly P. Vincent¹

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Renton, WA, USA

Introduction

In previous chapters, we’ve talked about the most fundamental thing in data analysis and data science—the data itself—along with statistics, which is the foundation for everything else in data science. You obviously can’t do anything in data science without data. But you also can’t just take some raw data and start pulling out fascinating insights or predictions from it. There are a lot of steps to carry out before the data can yield valuable information. ...

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