{"product_id":"9781785286667","title":"Practical Data Analysis - Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA practical guide to obtaining, transforming, exploring, and analyzing data using Python, MongoDB, and Apache Spark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn to use various data analysis tools and algorithms to classify, cluster, visualize, simulate, and forecast your data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply Machine Learning algorithms to different kinds of data such as social networks, time series, and images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hands-on guide to understanding the nature of data and how to turn it into insight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for developers who want to implement data analysis and data-driven algorithms in a practical way. It is also suitable for those without a background in data analysis or data processing. Basic knowledge of Python programming, statistics, and linear algebra is assumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcquire, format, and visualize your data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild an image-similarity search engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerate meaningful visualizations anyone can understand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet started with analyzing social network graphs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFind out how to implement sentiment text analysis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstall data analysis tools such as Pandas, MongoDB, and Apache Spark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet to grips with Apache Spark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImplement machine learning algorithms such as classification or forecasting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond buzzwords like Big Data or Data Science, there are a great opportunities to innovate in many businesses using data analysis to get data-driven products. Data analysis involves asking many questions about data in order to discover insights and generate value for a product or a service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explains the basic data algorithms without the theoretical jargon, and you'll get hands-on turning data into insights using machine learning techniques. We will perform data-driven innovation processing for several types of data such as text, Images, social network graphs, documents, and time series, showing you how to implement large data processing with MongoDB and Apache Spark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle and approach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a hands-on guide to data analysis and data processing. The concrete examples are explained with simple code and accessible data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181969457392,"sku":"9781785286667","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785286667_p0.jpg?v=1763729419","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785286667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}