Becoming a Data Head
ALEX J. GUTMAN, PhD, is an Accredited Professional Statistician®, Data Scientist, and Corporate Trainer. His professional interests are in statistics and machine learning, and he has worked as a Data Scientist for the Department of Defense and two Fortune 50 firms.
JORDAN GOLDMEIER is a Data Scientist, author, lecturer, and leader in the community. He has received the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award seven times and has taught analytics to members of the Pentagon and Fortune 500 organizations.
In Becoming a Data Head: How to Think, Speak, and Understand Data Science, Statistics, and Machine Learning, award-winning data scientists Alex Gutman and Jordan Goldmeier lift the lid on data science and provide you with the language and tools you need to talk about it critically.
You'll discover how to:
- Consider statistics and the impact that variety plays in your life and decision-making.
- Speak intelligently and ask pertinent questions regarding the facts and outcomes you face at work.
- Discover the truth about machine learning, text analytics, deep learning, and artificial intelligence.
- When working with and understanding data, avoid typical traps.
Becoming a Data Head is a comprehensive primer to data science in the workplace, covering everything from the personalities you'll encounter to the mathematics underlying the algorithms. The authors spent years digging through data to develop a book that was enjoyable, approachable, and effortlessly readable. Anyone with a passion for data science, statistics, and machine learning can become a Data Head. This book is for you if you are a business professional, engineer, executive, or aspiring data scientist.
Author: Jordan Goldmeier and Alex J. Gutman
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Data-Head-Understand-Statistics/dp/1119741742/
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