Understanding Data Science: The Beginner’s Booklet

This comprehensive booklet is the ultimate beginner’s guide to data science. It helps you understand what data science is and how everything—from data analysis and predictive analytics to business intelligence and machine learning—fits together to form a unified picture.

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Understanding Data Science: The Beginner’s Booklet

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A beginner’s guide to the primary data science methods, goals, applications, job roles, tools, techniques, etc. 1
Focused
Helping people understand big data, data science, and their primary characteristics. 2
Created by Experts
The data science 101 explained by industry experts. 3

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Iliya Valchanov

Co-Founder at 365 Data Science

Iliya is one of the co-founders of 365 Data Science and the author of some of 365’s best courses in Mathematics, Statistics, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning. He’s a Finance graduate with a solid quantitative background who chose the exciting path of a startup entrepreneur. Iliya’s formidable affinity for numbers was apparent since his childhood; he has won more than 90 national and international awards and competitions through the years. He discovered his passion for teaching at university, where he helped his peers with statistics and econometrics (his first happy students). Since then, he has shared his expertise in data science with numerous aspiring professionals worldwide. Since then, he has shared his expertise in data science with numerous aspiring professionals worldwide.

Understanding Data Science: The Beginner’s Booklet

Understanding Data Science: The Beginner’s Booklet

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