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by Vincent Granville
Developing Analytic Talent: Becoming a Data Scientist
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
About the Author
About the Technical Editor
Credits
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1: What Is Data Science?
Real Versus Fake Data Science
The Data Scientist
Data Science Applications in 13 Real-World Scenarios
Data Science History, Pioneers, and Modern Trends
Summary
CHAPTER 2: Big Data Is Different
Two Big Data Issues
Examples of Big Data Techniques
What MapReduce Can't Do
Communication Issues
Data Science: The End of Statistics?
The Big Data Ecosystem
Summary
CHAPTER 3: Becoming a Data Scientist
Key Features of Data Scientists
Types of Data Scientists
Data Scientist Demographics
Training for Data Science
Data Scientist Career Paths
Summary
CHAPTER 4: Data Science Craftsmanship, Part I
New Types of Metrics
Choosing Proper Analytics Tools
Visualization
Statistical Modeling Without Models
Three Classes of Metrics: Centrality, Volatility, Bumpiness
Statistical Clustering for Big Data
Correlation and R-Squared for Big Data
Computational Complexity
Structured Coefficient
Identifying the Number of Clusters
Internet Topology Mapping
Securing Communications: Data Encoding
Summary
CHAPTER 5: Data Science Craftsmanship, Part II
Data Dictionary
Hidden Decision Trees
Model-Free Confidence Intervals
Random Numbers
Four Ways to Solve a Problem
Causation Versus Correlation
How Do You Detect Causes?
Life Cycle of Data Science Projects
Predictive Modeling Mistakes
Logistic-Related Regressions
Experimental Design
Analytics as a Service and APIs
Miscellaneous Topics
New Synthetic Variance for Hadoop and Big Data
Summary
CHAPTER 6: Data Science Application Case Studies
Stock Market
Encryption
Fraud Detection
Digital Analytics
Miscellaneous
Summary
CHAPTER 7: Launching Your New Data Science Career
Job Interview Questions
Testing Your Own Visual and Analytic Thinking
From Statistician to Data Scientist
Taxonomy of a Data Scientist
400 Data Scientist Job Titles
Salary Surveys
Summary
CHAPTER 8: Data Science Resources
Professional Resources
Career-Building Resources
Summary
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