Introduction to Data Science
by Jeffrey Stanton
2013
Number of pages: 196
Description:
This book provides non-technical readers with a gentle introduction to essential concepts and activities of data science. For more technical readers, the book provides explanations and code for a range of interesting applications using the open source R language for statistical computing and graphics.
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