Mastering Predictive Analytics with R

Preface

Predictive analytics, and data science more generally, currently enjoy a huge surge in interest, as predictive technologies such as spam filtering, word completion and recommendation engines have pervaded everyday life. We are now not only increasingly familiar with these technologies, but these technologies have also earned our confidence. Advances in computing technology in terms of processing power and in terms of software such as R and its plethora of specialized packages have resulted in a situation where users can be trained to work with these tools without needing advanced degrees in statistics or access to hardware that is reserved for corporations or university laboratories. This confluence of the maturity of techniques and the ...