{"product_id":"books-practical-data-science-with-r-by-nina-zumel","title":"Practical Data Science with R","description":"This invaluable addition to any data scientist’s library shows you how to apply the R programming language and useful statistical techniques to everyday business situations as well as how to effectively present results to audiences of all levels. To answer the ever-increasing demand for machine learning and analysis, this new edition boasts additional R tools, modeling techniques, and more.      Practical Data Science with R, Second Edition takes a practice oriented approach to explaining basic principles in the ever-expanding field of data science. You’ll jump right to real-world use cases as you apply the R programming language and statistical analysis techniques to carefully explained examples based in marketing, business intelligence, and decision support.      Key features   • Data science and statistical analysis for the business professional    • Numerous instantly familiar real-world use cases    • Keys to effective data presentations    • Modeling and analysis techniques like boosting, regularized regression, and quadratic                                 discriminant analysis     Audience   While some familiarity with basic statistics and R is assumed, this book is accessible to readers with or without a background in data science.     About the technology   Business analysts and developers are increasingly collecting, curating, analyzing, and reporting on crucial business data. The R language and its associated tools provide a straightforward way to tackle day-to-day        Nina Zumel and John Mount are co-founders of Win-Vector LLC, a San Francisco-based data science consulting firm. Both hold PhDs from Carnegie Mellon and blog on statistics, probability, and computer science at    win-vector.com.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53671263994129,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781617295874.jpg?v=1781515547","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-practical-data-science-with-r-by-nina-zumel","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}