1st Edition

From Concepts to Code Introduction to Data Science

By Adam P. Tashman Copyright 2024
385 Pages 78 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

385 Pages 78 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

385 Pages 78 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

The breadth of problems that can be solved with data science is astonishing, and this book provides the required tools and skills for a broad audience. The reader takes a journey into the forms, uses, and abuses of data and models, and learns how to critically examine each step. Python coding and data analysis skills are built from the ground up, with no prior coding experience assumed. The... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Communicating Effectively and Earning Trust

3. Data Science Project Planning

4. An Overview of Data

5. Computing Preliminaries and Setup

6. Data Processing

7. Data Storage and Retrieval

8. Mathematics Preliminaries

9. Statistics Preliminaries

10. Data Transformation

11. Exploratory Data Analysis

12. An Overview of Machine Learning

13. Modeling with Linear Regression

14. Classification with Logistic Regression

15. Clustering with K-Means

16. Elements of Reproducible Data Science

17. Model Risk

18. Next Steps

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Biography

Adam P. Tashman has been working in data science for over twenty years. He is Associate Professor of Data Science at the University of Virginia School of Data Science. He is currently Director of the Capstone program, and he was formerly Director of the Online Master's of Data Science program. He was the School of Data Science Capital One Fellow for the 2023-2024 academic year. Dr. Tashman won multiple awards from Amazon Web Services, where he advised education and government technology companies on best practices in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Dr. Tashman lives in Charlottesville, VA with his wonderful wife Elle and daughter Callie.