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Hands-On Data Science with SQL Server 2017

By : Marek Chmel, Vladimír Mužný
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Hands-On Data Science with SQL Server 2017

By: Marek Chmel, Vladimír Mužný

Overview of this book

SQL Server is a relational database management system that enables you to cover end-to-end data science processes using various inbuilt services and features. Hands-On Data Science with SQL Server 2017 starts with an overview of data science with SQL to understand the core tasks in data science. You will learn intermediate-to-advanced level concepts to perform analytical tasks on data using SQL Server. The book has a unique approach, covering best practices, tasks, and challenges to test your abilities at the end of each chapter. You will explore the ins and outs of performing various key tasks such as data collection, cleaning, manipulation, aggregations, and filtering techniques. As you make your way through the chapters, you will turn raw data into actionable insights by wrangling and extracting data from databases using T-SQL. You will get to grips with preparing and presenting data in a meaningful way, using Power BI to reveal hidden patterns. In the concluding chapters, you will work with SQL Server integration services to transform data into a useful format and delve into advanced examples covering machine learning concepts such as predictive analytics using real-world examples. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to handle the growing amounts of data and perform everyday activities that a data science professional performs.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Data Science Overview

SQL Server is far more than a regular database management system. It's a huge ecosystem of different services that work together to provide very complex data platform management tasks. With the addition of numerous features in the version of SQL Server 2016 and SQL Server 2017, the capabilities of the system have enlarged again toward modern ways of working with data such as big data, machine learning and data science. You're about to enter a new world with this book, which will allow you to grasp the data-related tasks from a different point of view and get more insight into your data.