Big Data

Foreword by Steven PinkerBlending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noise with the instructive iconoclasm of Think Like a Freak, a fascinating, illuminating, and witty look at what the vast amounts of information now instantly available to us reveals about ourselves and our worldprovided we ask the right questions.By the end of an average...

A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling?a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality. We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives?where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance?are being mad...

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Data Science and Big Data Analytics is about harnessing the power of data for new insights. The book covers the breadth of activities and methods and tools that Data Scientists use. The content focuses on concepts, principles and practical applications that are applicable to any industry and Technology, environment, and the learning is supported and...

Residents in Boston, Massachusetts are automatically reporting potholes and road hazards via their smartphones. Progressive Insurance tracks realtime customer driving patterns and uses that information to offer rates truly commensurate with individual safety. Google accurately predicts local flu outbreaks based upon thousands of user search querie...

A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in Technology, and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode And how did Google searches predict th...

The book discusses the topic of Big Data and Analytics, which is now more relevant and actual than ever before. It is written with a strong practitioner focus, not overly stressing the mathematical underpinnings but the business application instead. It consists of reallife examples from the author's personal consulting and research experience (ban...

Go ahead, be skeptical about big data. The author was?at first.When the term ?big data? first came on the scene, bestselling author Tom Davenport (Competing on Analytics, Analytics at Work) thought it was just another example of Technology, hype. But his research in the years that followed changed his mind.Now, in clear, conversational language, Dav...

Data Science gets thrown around in the press like it's magic. Major retailers are predicting everything from when their customers are pregnant to when they want a new pair of Chuck Taylors. It's a brave new world where seemingly meaningless data can be transformed into valuable insight to drive smart business decisions.But how does one exactly do d...