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Data Science for Business
- Narrator
- Benjamin Lange
- Publisher
- Ascent Audio
- Publish Date
- 29 January 2021
- Run Time
- 12 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Based on an MBA course Provost has taught at New York University over the past ten years, Data Science for Business provides examples of real-world business problems to illustrate these principles. You'll not only learn how to improve communication between business stakeholders and data scientists, but also how participate intelligently in your company's data science projects. You'll also discover how to think data-analytically, and fully appreciate how data science methods can support business decision-making.
Understand how data science fits in your organization-and how you can use it for competitive advantage
Treat data as a business asset that requires careful investment if you're to gain real value
Approach business problems data-analytically, using the data-mining process to gather good data in the most appropriate way
Learn general concepts for actually extracting knowledge from data
Apply data science principles when interviewing data science job candidates
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Details
- Author
- Foster Provost, Tom Fawcett
- Narrator
- Benjamin Lange
- Duration
- 12 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 January 2021
- ISBN
- 9781663727725
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ascent Audio
- Genre
- Management and management techniques, Econometrics and economic statistics, Business and Management, Business mathematics and systems, Data mining, Database design and theory, Information architecture
Synopsis
Written by renowned data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks you through the "data-analytic thinking" necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data you collect. This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today.Based on an MBA course Provost has taught at New York University over the past ten years, Data Science for Business provides examples of real-world business problems to illustrate these principles. You'll not only learn how to improve communication between business stakeholders and data scientists, but also how participate intelligently in your company's data science projects. You'll also discover how to think data-analytically, and fully appreciate how data science methods can support business decision-making.Understand how data science fits in your organization-and how you can use it for competitive advantageTreat data as a business asset that requires careful investment if you're to gain real valueApproach business problems data-analytically, using the data-mining process to gather good data in the most appropriate wayLearn general concepts for actually extracting knowledge from dataApply data science principles when interviewing data science job candidates
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