Baseball is not the only sport to use "moneyball." American football fans, teams, and gamblers are increasingly using data to gain an edge against the competition. Professional and college teams use data to help select players and identify team needs. Fans use data to guide fantasy team picks and strategies. Sports bettors and fantasy football players are using data to help inform decision making. This concise book provides a clear introduction to using statistical models to analyze footba...

What is bad data? Some people consider it a technical phenomenon, like missing values or malformed records, but bad data includes a lot more. In this handbook, data expert Q. Ethan McCallum has gathered 19 colleagues from every corner of the data arena to reveal how they’ve recovered from nasty data problems.From cranky storage to poor representation to misguided policy, there are many paths to bad data. Bottom line? Bad data is data that gets in the way. This book explain...

Understand, evaluate, and visualize dataAbout This BookLearn basic steps of data analysis and how to use Python and its packagesA step-by-step guide to predictive modeling including tips, tricks, and best practicesEffectively visualize a broad set of analyzed data and generate effective resultsWho This Book Is ForThis book is for Python Developers who are keen to get into data analysis and wish to visuali...

Enhance your data analysis and predictive modeling skills using popular Python toolsKey FeaturesCover all fundamental libraries for operation and manipulation of Python for data analysisImplement real-world datasets to perform predictive analytics with PythonAccess modern data analysis techniques and detailed code with scikit-learn and SciPyBook DescriptionPython is one of the most common and popular languages preferred by le...

Gain practical insights by exploiting data in your business to build advanced predictive modeling applicationsKey FeaturesA step-by-step guide to predictive modeling including lots of tips, tricks, and best practicesLearn how to use popular predictive modeling algorithms such as Linear Regression, Decision Trees, Logistic Regression, and ClusteringMaster open source Python tools to build sophisticated predictive models...

Get your statistics basics right before diving into the world of data science Key FeaturesNo need to take a degree in statistics, read this book and get a strong statistics base for data science and real-world programs;Implement statistics in data science tasks such as data cleaning, mining, and analysisLearn all about probability, statistics, numerical computations, and more with the help of R programsBook DescriptionData sc...

The book will start with quick introductions to Python and its ecosystem libraries for data science such as JupyterLab, Numpy, Pandas, SciPy, Matplotlib, and Seaborn.This book will help in learning python data structures and essential concepts such as Functions, Lambdas, List comprehensions, Datetime objects, etc. required for data engineering. It also covers an in-depth understanding of Python data science packages where JupyterLab used as an IDE for writing, documenting, and executing th...

Take tiny steps to enter the big world of data science through this interesting guideKey Features\[\*\] Learn the fundamentals of machine learning and build your own intelligent applications\[\*\] Master the art of building your own machine learning systems with this example-based practical guide\[\*\] Work with important classification and regression algorithms and other machine learning techniquesBook DescriptionData scienc...

Now***,*** a leader of Northwestern University's prestigious analytics program presents a fully-integrated treatment of both the business and academic elements of marketing applications in predictive analytics. Writing for both managers and students, Thomas W. Miller explains essential concepts, principles, and theory in the context of real-world applications.Building on Miller's pioneering program, Marketing Data Science thoroughly addresses segmentation,...

Statistical Computation for Programmers, Scientists, Quants, Excel Users, and Other ProfessionalsUsing the open source R language, you can build powerful statistical models to answer many of your most challenging questions. R has traditionally been difficult for non-statisticians to learn, and most R books assume far too much knowledge to be of help. R for Everyone, Second Edition, is the solution.Drawing on his unsurpassed experie...

How to use math to improve performance and predict outcomes in professional sportsMathletics reveals the mathematical methods top coaches and managers use to evaluate players and improve team performance, and gives math enthusiasts the practical skills they need to enhance their understanding and enjoyment of their favorite sports—and maybe even gain the outside edge to winning bets. This second edition features new data, new players and teams, and new cha...

R is a powerful tool for statistics and graphics, but getting started with this language can be frustrating. This short, concise book provides beginners with a selection of how-to recipes to solve simple problems with R. Each solution gives you just what you need to know to use R for basic statistics, graphics, and regression.You'll find recipes on reading data files, creating data frames, computing basic statistics, testing means and correlations, creating a scatter plot, performi...