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Data Analysis with Open Source Tools
by Philipp K. Janert
Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2010
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Data Analysis with Open Source Tools
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Data Analysis with Open Source Tools
Dedication
A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
Preface
1. Introduction
I. Graphics: Looking at Data
2. A Single Variable: Shape and Distribution
3. Two Variables: Establishing Relationships
4. Time As a Variable: Time-Series Analysis
5. More Than Two Variables: Graphical Multivariate Analysis
6. Intermezzo: A Data Analysis Session
II. Analytics: Modeling Data
7. Guesstimation and the Back of the Envelope
8. Models from Scaling Arguments
9. Arguments from Probability Models
10. What You Really Need to Know About Classical Statistics
11. Intermezzo: Mythbusting—Bigfoot, Least Squares, and All That
III. Computation: Mining Data
12. Simulations
13. Finding Clusters
14. Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Finding Important Attributes
15. Intermezzo: When More Is Different
IV. Applications: Using Data
16. Reporting, Business Intelligence, and Dashboards
17. Financial Calculations and Modeling
18. Predictive Analytics
19. Epilogue: Facts Are Not Reality
A. Programming Environments for Scientific Computation and Data Analysis
B. Results from Calculus
C. Working with Data
D. About the Author
Index
About the Author
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