Statistical methods are a key part of data science, yet few data scientists have formal statistical training. Courses and books on basic statistics rarely cover the topic from a data science perspective. The second edition of this practical guide—now including examples in Python as well as R—explains how to apply various statistical methods to data science, tells you how to avo...(展开全部)

Statistical methods are a key part of data science, yet few data scientists have formal statistical training. Courses and books on basic statistics rarely cover the topic from a data science perspective. The second edition of this practical guide—now including examples in Python as well as R—explains how to apply various statistical methods to data science, tells you how to avo...(展开全部)

彼得·布鲁斯（Peter Bruce），知名统计学家，Statistics.com统计学教育学院的创立者兼院长，重采样统计软件的开发者。曾在美国马里兰大学和各种短训班教授重采样统计课程。 安德鲁·布鲁斯（Andrew Bruce），华盛顿大学统计学博士，拥有30多年的统计学和数据科学经验，在多家知名学术期刊上发表过多篇论文。

彼得·布鲁斯（Peter Bruce），知名统计学家，Statistics.com统计学教育学院的创立者兼院长，重采样统计软件的开发者。曾在美国马里兰大学和各种短训班教授重采样统计课程。 安德鲁·布鲁斯（Andrew Bruce），华盛顿大学统计学博士，拥有30多年的统计学和数据科学经验，在多家知名学术期刊上发表过多篇论文。

This book is intended for those developers who are willing to enter the field of data science and are looking for concise information of statistics with the help of insightful programs and simple explanation. Some basic hands on R will be useful.

Financial engineers have access to enormous quantities of data but need powerful methods for extracting quantitative information, particularly about volatility and risks. Key features of this textbook are: illustration of concepts with financial markets and economic data, R Labs with real-data exercises, and integration of graphical and analytic methods for modeling and diagnos...(展开全部)

If you are a data scientist, data analyst, or a statistician who wants to learn how to wrangle your data for analysis in the best possible manner, this book is for you. As this book covers both R and Python, some understanding of them will be beneficial.

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.