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Predictive analytics for dummies

Bari, Anasse2017
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Use Big Data and technology to uncover real-world insights. With the help of this friendly guide, you'll discover the core of predictive analytics and get started putting it to use with readily available tools to collect and analyse data. In no time, you'll learn how to incorporate algorithms through data models, identify similarities and relationships in your data, and predict the future through data classification. Along the way, you'll develop a roadmap by preparing your data, creating goals, processing your data, and building a predictive model that will get you stakeholder buy-in. Big Data has taken the marketplace by storm, and companies are seeking qualified talent to quickly fill positions to analyse the massive amount of data that are being collected each day. If you want to get in on the action and either learn or deepen your understanding of how to use predictive analytics to find real relationships between what you know and what you want to know, everything you need is a page away! * Offers common use cases to help you get started * Covers details on modeling, k-means clustering, and more * Includes information on structuring your data * Provides tips on outlining business goals and approaches.
Main title:
Predictive analytics for dummies / by Anasse Bari, Ph.D., Mohamed Chaouchi, and Tommy Jung.
Author:
Edition:
2nd edition.
Imprint:
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, [2017]©2017
Collation:
viii, 443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781119267003 (paperback)1119267005 (paperback)
Dewey class:
658.056312658.0563
Language:
English
BRN:
430446
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