Introduction to Data Science for Social and Policy Research: Collecting and Organizing Data with R and Python

ISBN-13: 9781107540255 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 314 str.

Jose Manuel Magallanes Reyes

Opis

This comprehensive guide provides a step-by-step approach to data collection, cleaning, formatting, and storage, using Python and R.

Recenzje

'This book will be of great assistance to public policy and management scholars desiring a rigorous introduction to Data Science, particularly with regard to the intricacies of data management. The step-by-step approach will help teachers and students, in both undergraduate and graduate programs, become familiar with essential programming skills, particularly with respect to analyzing Big Data and making it available through Open Government initiatives. The author also provides a very helpful service in using both R and Python to show how to accomplish the same task, which allows readers to decide which of these languages will best serve their needs.' Craig W. Thomas, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington

Spis treści

Part I. Get Started: 1. Introduction; 2. Setting up the tools; 3. Basics of R and Python; Part II. Collect and Clean: 4. Collecting data; 5. Cleaning data; Part III. Format and Storage: 6. Formatting the 'clean' data; 7. Integrating and storing.