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Principles of Data Science
Principles of Data Science is intended to support one- or two-semester courses in data science. It is appropriate for data science majors and minors as well as students concentrating in business, finance, health care, engineering, the sciences, and a number of other fields where data science has become critically important.
- Author
- OpenStax
- Publisher
- LibreTexts
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Information Technology
Contents· 122 sections
- 01: What Are Data and Data Science
- 1.00: Introduction
- 1.01: What Is Data Science
- 1.02: Data Science in Practice
- 1.03: Data and Datasets
- 1.04: Using Technology for Data Science
- 1.05: Data Science with Python
- 1.06: Key Terms
- 1.07: Group Project
- 1.08: Chapter Review
- 1.09: Critical Thinking
- 1.10: Quantitative Problems
- 1.11: References
- 02: Collecting and Preparing Data
- 2.00: Introduction
- 2.01: Overview of Data Collection Methods
- 2.02: Survey Design and Implementation
- 2.03: Web Scraping and Social Media Data Collection
- 2.04: Data Cleaning and Preprocessing
- 2.05: Handling Large Datasets
- 2.06: Key Terms
- 2.07: Group Project
- 2.08: Critical Thinking
- 2.09: References
- 03: Descriptive Statistics- Statistical Measurements and Probability Distributions
- 3.00: Introduction
- 3.01: Measures of Center
- 3.02: Measures of Variation
- 3.03: Measures of Position
- 3.04: Probability Theory
- 3.05: Discrete and Continuous Probability Distributions
- 3.06: Key Terms
- 3.07: Group Project
- 3.08: Quantitative Problems
- 04: Inferential Statistics and Regression Analysis
- 4.00: Introduction
- 4.01: Statistical Inference and Confidence Intervals
- 4.02: Hypothesis Testing
- 4.03: Correlation and Linear Regression Analysis
- 4.04: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- 4.05: Key Terms
- 4.06: Group Project
- 4.07: Quantitative Problems
- 05: Time Series and Forecasting
- 5.00: Introduction
- 5.01: Introduction to Time Series Analysis
- 5.02: Components of Time Series Analysis
- 5.03: Time Series Forecasting Methods
- 5.04: Forecast Evaluation Methods
- 5.05: Key Terms
- 5.06: Group Project
- 5.07: Critical Thinking
- 5.08: Quantitative Problems
- 06: Decision-Making Using Machine Learning Basics
- 6.00: Introduction
- 6.01: What Is Machine Learning
- 6.02: Classification Using Machine Learning
- 6.03: Machine Learning in Regression Analysis
- 6.04: Decision Trees
- 6.05: Other Machine Learning Techniques
- 6.06: Key Terms
- 6.07: Group Project
- 6.08: Chapter Review
- 6.09: Critical Thinking
- 6.10: Quantitative Problems
- 6.11: References
- 07: Deep Learning and AI Basics
- 7.00: Introduction
- 7.01: Introduction to Neural Networks
- 7.02: Backpropagation
- 7.03: Introduction to Deep Learning
- 7.04: Convolutional Neural Networks
- 7.05: Natural Language Processing
- 7.06: Key Terms
- 7.07: Group Project
- 7.08: Chapter Review
- 7.09: Critical Thinking
- 7.10: Quantitative Problems
- 7.11: References
- 08: Ethics Throughout the Data Science Cycle
- 8.00: Introduction
- 8.01: Ethics in Data Collection
- 8.02: Ethics in Data Analysis and Modeling
- 8.03: Ethics in Visualization and Reporting
- 8.04: Key Terms
- 8.05: Group Project
- 8.06: Chapter Review
- 8.07: Critical Thinking
- 8.08: References
- 09: Visualizing Data
- 9.00: Introduction
- 9.01: Encoding Univariate Data
- 9.02: Encoding Data That Change Over Time
- 9.03: Graphing Probability Distributions
- 9.04: Geospatial and Heatmap Data Visualization Using Python
- 9.05: Multivariate and Network Data Visualization Using Python
- 9.06: Key Terms
- 9.07: Group Project
- 9.08: Critical Thinking
- 10: Reporting Results
- 10.00: Introduction
- 10.01: Writing an Informative Report
- 10.02: Validating Your Model
- 10.03: Effective Executive Summaries
- 10.04: Key Terms
- 10.05: Group Project
- 10.06: Chapter Review
- 10.07: Critical Thinking
- 10.08: References
- 11: Appendix
- 11.00: Appendix A- Review of Excel for Data Science
- 11.01: Appendix B- Review of R Studio for Data Science
- 11.02: Appendix C- Review of Python Algorithms
- 11.03: Appendix D- Review of Python Functions
- 12: Answer Key
- 12.00: Chapter 1
- 12.01: Chapter 3
- 12.02: Chapter 5
- 12.03: Chapter 6
- 12.04: Chapter 7
- 12.05: Chapter 8
- 12.06: Chapter 10