{"product_id":"2940169673951","title":"Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eData Science\u003c\/i\u003e gets thrown around in the press like it's magic. Major retailers are predicting everything from when their customers are pregnant to when they want a new pair of Chuck Taylors. It's a brave new world where seemingly meaningless data can be transformed into valuable insight to drive smart business decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut how does one exactly do data science? Do you have to hire one of these priests of the dark arts, the \"data scientist,\" to extract this gold from your data? Nope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eData science is little more than using straightforward steps to process raw data into actionable insight. And in \u003ci\u003eData Smart\u003c\/i\u003e, author and data scientist John Foreman will show you how that's done within the familiar environment of a spreadsheet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Instructional Systems [Aubrey J. Kline (aka Jim Kline dba Instructional Systems)]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114656153840,"sku":"2940169673951","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169673951_p0.jpg?v=1763690331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169673951","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}