Confident Data Science

Adam Ross Nelson is a data science consultant and career coach based in Washington D.C. As a consultant, he provides insights on data science, machine learning and data governance. He previously worked as a data scientist at The Common Application. Having transitioned into the data science field from his career as an attorney, he offers workshops, talks and online courses for those looking to develop their data science skills, pivot their career or improve their career trajectory.

Section - SECTION ONE: Getting oriented;


Chapter - 01: The untold history of data science;
Chapter - 02: Genres and flavours of analysis;
Chapter - 03: Data culture and the data science process;


Section - SECTION TWO: Getting going;


Chapter - 04: Data science examples in production;
Chapter - 05: A weekend crash course;


Section - SECTION THREE: Data science for clients;


Chapter - 06: The client, the project and the data;
Chapter - 07: Topic analysis;
Chapter - 08: Regression;
Chapter - 09: Classification;
Chapter - 10: Sentiment analysis;


Section - SECTION FOUR: Tools of the trade;


Chapter - 11: Data sources;
Chapter - 12: Data visualization;
Chapter - 13: Python + R;
Chapter - 14: Retrospective / prospective

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