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Timandra Harkness cuts through the hype to put data science into its real-life context using a wide range of stories, people, and places to reveal what is essentially a human science--demystifying big data, telling us where it comes from and what it can do.
A complete how-to guide to leveraging big data to drive business value. Full of practical techniques, real-world examples, and hands-on exercises, this book explores the technologies involved, as well as how to find areas of the organization that can take full advantage of big data.
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Addresses how new technology trends - including mobility, cloud, big data and collaboration - are fundamentally changing the way work is conducted and how company leadership can tap into these trends to affect positive cultural reform At Prahran campus library 658.05 CER
The book delves into this fascinating and rapidlydeveloping topic to prepare fraud investigators, legal professionals, forensic accountants, and executives understand the ramifications of storing data with third party providers and how such storage mechanisms relate to the limits of discovery practices. At Prahran campus library 347.7372 MAR
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Big Data is used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us things we don't need. In 'Dataclysm', Christian Rudder, founder of one of the world's biggest dating websites OkCupid, puts this flood of information to an entirely different use: understanding human nature. At Preston campus library 155.28 RUD
“Well documented, a concise overview of different approaches on the past years until today to reach a smart city. Good narrative, different points of view from industry, academia, government and civilians…” – Amazon customer review At Epping campus library 307.76 TOW
A former Google data scientist presents an insider's look at what the vast, instantly available amounts of information from the Internet can reveal about human civilization and society. Too new! Please ask library staff to reserve this book for you
Technology moves fast - so where will it have taken us by 2050? How will it affect the way we live? And how far are we willing to let it go? Too new! Please ask library staff to reserve this for you
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This book has been updated for use with Microsoft Office Excel 2013. It provides succinct instruction in the most commonly used management science techniques and shows how these tools can be implemented using .. Excel for Windows. Focuses on developing both algebraic and spreadsheet modeling skills.
This book shows you how to leverage dynamic visualization and exploratory data analysis techniques to: ֍ See the sources of variation in your data ֍ Search for clues in your data to construct hypotheses about underlying behaviour ֍ Identify key drivers and models ֍ Shape and build your own real-world Six Sigma experience.
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‘As the "from Scratch" in the title implies, the objective of this book is to teach the fundamental ideas and techniques of data science from first (or nearly first) principles. After working through this book, you'll be better able to meaningfully utilize the prepackaged software (whether it's Matlab, R, scikit-learn, or whatever) that you will use in "real life".’ – Amazon customer review
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A short, user-friendly, comprehensive guide for ininstitutional researchers. It covers: conducting institutional research; statistical applications; comparative analyses; quality control systems; measuring student, faculty, and staff opinions; and management activities designed to improve organizational effectiveness.
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With this highly accessible step-by-step guide, anyone--from students developing a research poster for a school project to faculty and researchers presenting data findings at a conference--can learn how to present and communicate their research findings in more interesting and effective ways.
This guide to Microsoft Excel 2016 covers such topics as the ribbon interface, managing data, formulas and functions, tables, charts, macros, templates and scenarios, and links and connections. At Greensborough campus library 005.54 EXC PRI
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“As a graphic designer working in finance, this book has become my bible. I have dozens of books on data visualization, but unlike the others, this book is the most applicable to my every day work, and I keep it close to my desk and reference it regularly” – Amazon customer review Please ask library staff for help accessing ebooks
Good Charts will help you turn plain, uninspiring charts that merely present information into smart, effective visualizations that powerfully convey ideas. At Preston campus library 658.452 BER
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