Developing analytic talent: becoming a data scientist

Introduction; Chapter 1: What Is Data Science?; Real Versus Fake Data Science; The Data Scientist; Data Science Applications in 13 Real-World Scenarios; Data Science History, Pioneers, and Modern Trends; Summary; Chapter 2: Big Data Is Different; Two Big Data Issues; Examples of Big Data Techniques; What MapReduce Can't Do; Communication Issues; Data Science: The End of Statistics?; The Big Data Ecosystem; Summary; Chapter 3: Becoming a Data Scientist; Key Features of Data Scientists; Types of Data Scientists; Data Scientist Demographics; Training for Data Science

Data Scientist Career PathsSummary; Chapter 4: Data Science Craftsmanship, Part I; New Types of Metrics; Choosing Proper Analytics Tools; Visualization; Statistical Modeling Without Models; Three Classes of Metrics: Centrality, Volatility, Bumpiness; Statistical Clustering for Big Data; Correlation and R-Squared for Big Data; Computational Complexity; Structured Coefficient; Identifying the Number of Clusters; Internet Topology Mapping; Securing Communications: Data Encoding; Summary; Chapter 5: Data Science Craftsmanship, Part II; Data Dictionary; Hidden Decision Trees

Model-Free Confidence IntervalsRandom Numbers; Four Ways to Solve a Problem; Causation Versus Correlation; How Do You Detect Causes?; Life Cycle of Data Science Projects; Predictive Modeling Mistakes; Logistic-Related Regressions; Experimental Design; Analytics as a Service and APIs; Miscellaneous Topics; New Synthetic Variance for Hadoop and Big Data; Summary; Chapter 6: Data Science Application Case Studies; Stock Market; Encryption; Fraud Detection; Digital Analytics; Miscellaneous; Summary; Chapter 7: Launching Your New Data Science Career; Job Interview Questions

Testing Your Own Visual and Analytic ThinkingFrom Statistician to Data Scientist; Taxonomy of a Data Scientist; 400 Data Scientist Job Titles; Salary Surveys; Summary; Chapter 8: Data Science Resources; Professional Resources; Career-Building Resources; Summary; Index