Data Science for Business
by Foster Provost, Tom Fawcett · first published 2013
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Provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of data science, walking the reader through the "data-analytic thinking" necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from collected data.
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I think if you're getting into BI / Data Science or anything similar - you should definitely have a look at this - Data Science for Business https://www.amazon.com/Data-Science-Business-Data-Analytic-T...
on “Ask HN: Business analyst, to BI analyst, books” ↗…"Data Science from Scratch". It was all breadth with little depth. It felt more like a suggested list of topics to further research w/ other material. I personally got way more value and insight out of "Data Science for Business" and would highly recommend it.
on “Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017?” ↗Yea I've wondered that myself. I picked up a book a while back called "Data Science for Business" http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920028918.do Something that stood out to me was their discussion about "Big Data technologies" (Hadoop, HBase...) and how they "support" data mining techniques.…
on “Ask HN: What is a good book or resource discussing how to create a data warehouse” ↗