Practical Data Science with Python

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Introduction to Data Science

Data science is a thriving and rapidly expanding field, as you probably already know. People are starting to come to a consensus that everyone should have some basic data science skills, sometimes called "data literacy." This book is intended to get you up to speed with the basics of data science using the most popular programming language for doing data science today: Python. In this first chapter, we will cover:

• The history of data science
• The top tools and skills used in data science, and why these are used
• Specializations within and related to data science
• Best practices for managing a data science project

Data science is used in a variety of ways. Some data scientists focus on the analytics side of things, ...