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Java: Data Science Made Easy

By : Richard M. Reese, Jennifer L. Reese, Alexey Grigorev
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Java: Data Science Made Easy

By: Richard M. Reese, Jennifer L. Reese, Alexey Grigorev

Overview of this book

Data science is concerned with extracting knowledge and insights from a wide variety of data sources to analyse patterns or predict future behaviour. It draws from a wide array of disciplines including statistics, computer science, mathematics, machine learning, and data mining. In this course, we cover the basic as well as advanced data science concepts and how they are implemented using the popular Java tools and libraries.The course starts with an introduction of data science, followed by the basic data science tasks of data collection, data cleaning, data analysis, and data visualization. This is followed by a discussion of statistical techniques and more advanced topics including machine learning, neural networks, and deep learning. You will examine the major categories of data analysis including text, visual, and audio data, followed by a discussion of resources that support parallel implementation. Throughout this course, the chapters will illustrate a challenging data science problem, and then go on to present a comprehensive, Java-based solution to tackle that problem. You will cover a wide range of topics – from classification and regression, to dimensionality reduction and clustering, deep learning and working with Big Data. Finally, you will see the different ways to deploy the model and evaluate it in production settings. By the end of this course, you will be up and running with various facets of data science using Java, in no time at all. This course contains premium content from two of our recently published popular titles: - Java for Data Science - Mastering Java for Data Science
Table of Contents (29 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Module 1
15
Module 2
26
Bibliography

The use of statistical methods in data science


Statistical analysis is the key to many data science tasks. It is used for many types of analysis ranging from the computation of simple mean and medium to complex multiple regression analysis. Chapter 5, Statistical Data Analysis Techniques, introduces this type of analysis and the Java support available.

 

Statistical analysis is not always an easy task. In addition, advanced statistical techniques often require a particular mindset to fully comprehend, which can be difficult to learn. Fortunately, many techniques are not that difficult to use and various libraries mitigate some of these techniques' inherent complexity.

Regression analysis, in particular, is an important technique for analyzing data. The technique attempts to draw a line that matches a set of data. An equation representing the line is calculated and can be used to predict future behavior. There are several types of regression analysis, including simple and multiple regression...