Data Science - Learning About Data

I have made this list to help me explore and excel in the interesting field of Data Science and Analytics.

This list covers introductory yet comprehensive books on various topics in the field of Data Science including but not limited to: statistics, data analysis, data mining, machine learning, predictive analytics, big data, map reduce, statistical programming using R and Python.

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99	Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning; With a New Introduction by Thomas H. Davenport 3.69 avg rating — 1,596 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
102	Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques by Ian H. Witten 3.90 avg rating — 784 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
102	Forecasting: principles and practice by Rob J. Hyndman (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 312 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications by Toby Segaran 4.07 avg rating — 1,457 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
105	Regression Modeling Strategies: With Applications to Linear Models, Logistic Regression, and Survival Analysis (Springer Series in Statistics) by Frank E. Harrell Jr. 4.45 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
106	Visualizing Data by William S. Cleveland 3.97 avg rating — 93 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
106	Programming Perl by Tom Christiansen 4.06 avg rating — 2,300 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
108	Learning Python by Mark Lutz 4.01 avg rating — 3,189 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	Hadoop: The Definitive Guide by Tom White (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 1,011 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	Introduction to Regression Modeling (with CD-ROM) by Bovas Abraham 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	Learning Perl by Randal L. Schwartz 3.99 avg rating — 1,858 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
112	Big data @ work : dispelling the myths, uncovering the opportunities by Thomas H. Davenport 3.58 avg rating — 437 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
112	Head First HTML5 Programming by Eric Freeman 4.03 avg rating — 411 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
114	The Art of UNIX Programming by Eric S. Raymond 4.18 avg rating — 1,263 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
114	Credit Scoring, Response Modeling, and Insurance Rating: A Practical Guide to Forecasting Consumer Behavior by Steven Finlay (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
116	JavaScript Demystified by Jim Keogh 3.52 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
117	Head First JavaScript Programming: A Brain-Friendly Guide by Eric Freeman 4.24 avg rating — 498 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World by Ron Larson 3.39 avg rating — 202 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	The Essential Guide to Effect Sizes: Statistical Power, Meta-Analysis, and the Interpretation of Research Results by Paul D. Ellis 4.39 avg rating — 82 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts by Kevlin Henney (Editor) 3.63 avg rating — 1,978 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
121	Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours by Rogers Cadenhead (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
122	C++ Demystified by Jeff Kent 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	Data-Driven Marketing: The 15 Metrics Everyone in Marketing Should Know by Mark Jeffery 3.91 avg rating — 878 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	ExamCram CCENT Exam Cram: Exam 640-822 by Michael Hayes Valentine 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	Information is Beautiful by David McCandless 4.12 avg rating — 3,528 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	Exam Cram CCNA: Exam 640-802 by Andrew J. Whitaker 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences Book 27) by Wouter de Nooy 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
128	Marketing Metrics: The Definitive Guide to Measuring Marketing Performance by Paul W. Farris 3.67 avg rating — 245 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
128	Joe Celko's Analytics and OLAP in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) by Joe Celko 3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
130	Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties, (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) by Joe Celko 3.93 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis by Hadley Wickham (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 361 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
132	Knowledge is Beautiful by David McCandless 4.18 avg rating — 940 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
133	Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming Third Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) by Joe Celko 3.96 avg rating — 201 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars