If you are a student or Java developer or a budding data scientist who wishes to learn the fundamentals of data analysis and learn to perform data analysis with Java, this book is for you. Some familiarity with elementary statistics and relational databases will be helpful but is not mandatory, to get the most out of this book. A firm understanding of Java is required.

This book is for programmers, scientists, and engineers who have knowledge of the Python language and know the basics of data science. It is for those who wish to learn different data analysis methods using Python and its libraries. This book contains all the basic ingredients you need to become an expert data analyst.

Each chapter of the book quickly introduces a key ‘theme’ of Data Analysis, before immersing you in the practical aspects of each theme. You’ll learn quickly how to perform all aspects of Data Analysis.Practical Data Analysis is a book ideal for home and small business users who want to slice dice the data they have on hand with minimum hassle.

This third edition of a classic textbook presents a comprehensive introduction to Bayesian data analysis. Written for students and researchers alike, the text is written in an easily accessible manner with chapters that contain many exercises as well as detailed worked examples taken from various disciplines. This third edition provides two new chapters on Bayesian nonparametri...(展开全部)

Ivan Idris，实验物理学硕士，学位论文侧重于应用计算机科学。毕业后，他曾经效力于多家公司，从事Java开发、数据仓库开发以及QA分析等方面的工作；目前，他的兴趣主要集中在商业智能、大数据和云计算等专业领域。 Ivan Idris以编写简洁可测试的程序代码以及撰写有趣的技术文章为乐，同时也是Packt出版社NumPy Beginner's Guide-Second Edition、NumPy Cookbook和Learning NumPy Array等书籍的作者。读者可以访问ivanidris.net获取更多关于他的信息。

Andrew Gelman, John B. Carlin, Hal S. Stern, Donald B. Rubin, David B. Dunson

Praise for the Second Edition: "A must-have book for anyone expecting to do research and/or applications in categorical data analysis". ("Statistics in Medicine"). "It is a total delight reading this book". ("Pharmaceutical Research"). "If you do any analysis of categorical data, this is an essential desktop reference". ("Technometrics"). The use of statistical methods for anal...(展开全部)

Budding data scientists and data analysts who are new to the concept of data analysis, or who want to build efficient analytical models in R will find this book to be useful. No prior exposure to data analysis is needed, although a fundamental understanding of the R programming language is required to get the best out of this book.

Wes McKinney 资深数据分析专家，对各种Python库（包括NumPy、pandas、matplotlib以及IPython等）等都有深入研究，并在大量的实践中积累了丰富的经验。撰写了大量与Python数据分析相关的经典文章，被各大技术社区争相转载，是Python和开源技术社区公认的权威人物之一。开发了用于数据分析的著名开源Python库——pandas，广获用户好评。在创建Lambda Foundry（一家致力于企业数据分析的公司）之前，他曾是AQR Capital Management的定量分析师。

If you are looking for a book that takes you all the way through the practical application of advanced and effective analytics methodologies in R, then this is the book for you. A fundamental understanding of R and the basic concepts of data analysis is all you need to get started with this book.