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Learn to:
- Collect, clean, and interpret data
- Effectively communicate data analysis
- Make good predictions
Big data making you dizzy? Relax--here's what it's all about
Big data figures into everything from weather forecasting to political polling. Don't let it give you a big headache; use this friendly book to learn about it in manageable, bite-size chunks. You'll get a handle on the statistical methods used when working with big data, applications for it, ways to organize and check data, and a whole lot more.
- Solving the big mystery--find out what big data is, characteristics that define it, how it's used, and what it makes possible
- How to handle it -- explore statistical techniques used with big data, including probability distributions, regression analysis, time series analysis, and forecasting techniques
- Getting graphical -- learn how big data can be analyzed with graphical techniques and how to identify valid, useful, and understandable patterns in data
- A variable approach -- examine key univariate and multivariate statistical techniques for analyzing data
- Thinking ahead -- discover techniques for forecasting the future values of a dataset
- There's a tool for that -- learn about the best software packages and programming tools for analyzing statistical data
Open the book and find:
- Ways to extract previously unknown information from a database
- Tips for data collection and cleaning
- Techniques for analyzing time series data
- How to check data for missing information
- What to do with outliers in a dataset
- Some surprising uses for big data
- An overview of modeling techniques
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- Title Statistics for Big Data For Dummies
- Author Alan Anderson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st edition
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher For Dummies
- Date 2015-09-08
- Features Index
- ISBN 9781118940013 / 1118940016
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 18.54 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Big data - Statistical methods
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015943222
- Dewey Decimal Code 006.312
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