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Practical Data Analysis
Second Edition
A practical guide to obtaining, transforming, exploring, and
analyzing data using Python, MongoDB, and Apache Spark
Hector Cuesta
Dr. Sampath Kumar
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Practical Data Analysis
Second Edition
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About the Authors
Hector Cuesta
is founder and Chief Data Scientist at Dataxios, a machine intelligence
research company. Holds a BA in Informatics and a M.Sc. in Computer Science. He
provides consulting services for data-driven product design with experience in a variety of
industries including financial services, retail, fintech, e-learning and Human Resources. He
is an enthusiast of Robotics in his spare time.
You can follow him on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/hmCuesta
.
I would like to dedicate this book to my wife Yolanda, and to my wonderful children Damian and
Isaac for all the joy they bring into my life. To my parents Elena and Miguel for their constant
support and love.
Dr. Sampath Kumar
works as an assistant professor and head of Department of Applied
Statistics at Telangana University. He has completed M.Sc., M.Phl., and Ph. D. in statistics.
He has five years of teaching experience for PG course. He has more than four years of
experience in the corporate sector. His expertise is in statistical data analysis using SPSS,
SAS, R, Minitab, MATLAB, and so on. He is an advanced programmer in SAS and matlab
software. He has teaching experience in different, applied and pure statistics subjects such
as forecasting models, applied regression analysis, multivariate data analysis, operations
research, and so on for M.Sc. students. He is currently supervising Ph.D. scholars.
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