{"product_id":"9781785286445","title":"Data Analysis with R","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoad, wrangle, and analyze your data using the world's most powerful statistical programming language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoad, manipulate and analyze data from different sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGain a deeper understanding of fundamentals of applied statistics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA practical guide to performing data analysis in practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are learning data analysis for the first time, or you want to deepen the understanding you already have, this book will prove to an invaluable resource. If you are looking for a book to bring you all the way through the fundamentals to the application of advanced and effective analytics methodologies, and have some prior programming experience and a mathematical background, then this is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNavigate the R environment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribe and visualize the behavior of data and relationships between data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGain a thorough understanding of statistical reasoning and sampling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmploy hypothesis tests to draw inferences from your data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn Bayesian methods for estimating parameters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerform regression to predict continuous variables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply powerful classification methods to predict categorical data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandle missing data gracefully using multiple imputation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify and manage problematic data points\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmploy parallelization and Rcpp to scale your analyses to larger data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePut best practices into effect to make your job easier and facilitate reproducibility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrequently the tool of choice for academics, R has spread deep into the private sector and can be found in the production pipelines at some of the most advanced and successful enterprises. The power and domain-specificity of R allows the user to express complex analytics easily, quickly, and succinctly. With over 7,000 user contributed packages, it's easy to find support for the latest and greatest algorithms and techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with the basics of R and statistical reasoning, Data Analysis with R dives into advanced predictive analytics, showing how to apply those techniques to real-world data though with real-world examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with engaging problems and exercises, this book begins with a review of R and its syntax. From there, get to grips with the fundamentals of applied statistics and build on this knowledge to perform sophisticated and powerful analytics. Solve the difficulties relating to performing data analysis in practice and find solutions to working with “messy data”, large data, communicating results, and facilitating reproducibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is engineered to be an invaluable resource through many stages of anyone's career as a data analyst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle and approach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn data analysis using engaging examples and fun exercises, and with a gentle and friendly but comprehensive \"learn-by-doing\" approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166220370160,"sku":"9781785286445","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785286445_p0.jpg?v=1763728455","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785286445","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}