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Principles of Strategic Data Science

By : Peter Prevos
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Principles of Strategic Data Science

By: Peter Prevos

Overview of this book

Mathematics and computer science form an integral part of data science, and understanding them is crucial for efficiently managing data. This book is designed to take you through the entire data science pipeline and help you join the dots between mathematics, programming, and business analysis. You’ll start by learning what data science is and how organizations can use it to revolutionize the way they use their data. The book then covers the criteria for the soundness of data products and demonstrates how to effectively visualize information. As you progress, you’ll discover the strategic aspects of data science by exploring the five-phase framework that enables you to enhance the value you extract from data. Toward the concluding chapters, you’ll understand the role of a data science manager in helping an organization take the data-driven approach. By the end of this book, you’ll have a good understanding of data science and how it can enable you to extract value from your data.
Table of Contents (6 chapters)

Aesthetic Data Science

Vitruvius insisted that buildings, or any other structure, should be beautiful. The aesthetics of a building causes more than just a pleasant feeling. Architecturally designed places stimulate our thinking, increase our well-being, improve our productivity and stimulate creativity.

While it is evident that buildings need to be pleasing to the eye, the aesthetics of data products might not be so obvious. The requirement for aesthetic data science is not a call for beautification and obfuscation of the ugly details of the results. The process of cleaning and analyzing data is inherently complex. Presenting the results of this process is a form of storytelling that reduces this complexity to ensure that a data product is understandable.

The data science value chain starts with reality, described by data. This data is converted to knowledge, which managers use to influence reality to meet their objectives. This chain from reality to human knowledge contains four transformations...