Data analytics made easy : use machine learning and data storytelling in your work without writing any code / Andrea de Mauro, Francesco Marzoni, Andy Walter.

Author
Mauro, Andrea de [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Birmingham, England ; Mumbai : Packt Publishing, [2021]
  • ©2021
Description
1 online resource (407 pages)

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Series
Expert Insight
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This book takes away the fear of working with, analyzing, and visualizing data. Understand the key concepts involved with data analytics while working with real-world business examples. You are introduced to two fantastic tools to cleanse and analyze data (KNIME) and visualize your insights (Microsoft Power BI), but the principles from this.
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Contents
  • Intro
  • Copyright
  • Contributors
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: What is Data Analytics?
  • Three types of data analytics
  • Descriptive analytics
  • Predictive analytics
  • Prescriptive analytics
  • Data analytics in action
  • Who is involved in data analytics?
  • Technology for data analytics
  • The data analytics toolbox
  • From data to business value
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2: Getting Started with KNIME
  • KNIME in a nutshell
  • Moving around in KNIME
  • Nodes
  • Hello World in KNIME
  • CSV Reader
  • Sorter
  • Excel Writer
  • Cleaning data
  • Excel Reader
  • Duplicate Row Filter
  • String Manipulation
  • Row Filter
  • Missing Value
  • Column Filter
  • Column Rename
  • Column Resorter
  • CSV Writer
  • Chapter 3: Transforming Data
  • Modeling your data
  • Combining tables
  • Joiner
  • Aggregating values
  • GroupBy
  • Pivoting
  • Tutorial: Sales report automation
  • Concatenate
  • Number To String
  • Math Formula
  • Group Loop Start
  • Loop End
  • String to Date&
  • Time
  • Date&
  • Time-based Row Filter
  • Table Row to Variable
  • Extract Date&
  • Time Fields
  • Line Plot
  • Image Writer (Port)
  • Chapter 4: What is Machine Learning?
  • Introducing artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • The machine learning way
  • Scenario #1: Predicting market prices
  • Scenario #2: Segmenting customers
  • Scenario #3: Finding the best ad strategy
  • The business value of learning machines
  • Three types of learning algorithms
  • Supervised learning
  • Unsupervised learning
  • Reinforcement learning
  • Selecting the right learning algorithm
  • Evaluating performance
  • Regression
  • Classification
  • Underfitting and overfitting
  • Validating a model
  • Pulling it all together
  • Chapter 5: Applying Machine Learning at Work
  • Predicting numbers through regressions
  • Statistics
  • Partitioning.
  • Linear regression algorithm
  • Linear Regression Learner
  • Regression Predictor
  • Numeric Scorer
  • Anticipating preferences with classification
  • Decision tree algorithm
  • Decision Tree Learner
  • Decision Tree Predictor
  • Scorer
  • Random forest algorithm
  • Random Forest Learner
  • Random Forest Predictor
  • Moving Aggregation
  • Line Plot (local)
  • Segmenting consumers with clustering
  • K-means algorithm
  • Numeric Outliers
  • Normalizer
  • k-Means
  • Denormalizer
  • Color Manager
  • Scatter Matrix (local)
  • Conditional Box Plot
  • Chapter 6: Getting Started with Power BI
  • Power BI in a nutshell
  • Walking through Power BI
  • Loading data
  • Transforming data
  • Defining the data model
  • Building visuals
  • Tutorial: Sales Dashboard
  • Chapter 7: Visualizing Data Effectively
  • What is data visualization?
  • A chart type for every message
  • Bar charts
  • Line charts
  • Treemaps
  • Scatterplots
  • Finalizing your visual
  • Chapter 8: Telling Stories with Data
  • The art of persuading others
  • The power of telling stories
  • The data storytelling process
  • Setting objectives
  • Selecting scenes
  • Evolution
  • Comparison
  • Relationship
  • Breakdown
  • Distribution
  • Applying structure
  • Beginning
  • Middle
  • End
  • Polishing scenes
  • Focusing attention
  • Making scenes accessible
  • Finalizing your story
  • The data storytelling canvas
  • Chapter 9: Extending Your Toolbox
  • Getting started with Tableau
  • Python for data analytics
  • A gentle introduction to the Python language
  • Integrating Python with KNIME
  • Automated machine learning
  • AutoML in action: an example with H2O.ai
  • And now?
  • Useful Resources
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • PacktPage
  • Other Books You May Enjoy.
  • Index.
ISBN
1-80107-458-5
OCLC
1267766552
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