{"title":"João Moreira","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoão Moreira\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful and accessible works focused on the growing field of data analytics. His writings serve as a comprehensive introduction for readers seeking to understand key concepts and methodologies within this dynamic discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfectly suited for students, professionals, and curious minds alike, Moreira's books blend clarity with depth, making complex topics approachable without sacrificing rigour. Explore educational titles that emphasise practical knowledge and foundational understanding in the realm of data analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-general-introduction-to-data-analytics-by-joao-moreira-9781119296249","title":"A General Introduction to Data Analytics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA guide to the principles and methods of data analysis that does not require knowledge of statistics or programming\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA General Introduction to Data Analytics\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential guide to understanding and using data analytics. This book is written using easy-to-understand terms and does not require familiarity with statistics or programming. The authors—noted experts in the field—highlight an explanation of the intuition behind basic data analytics techniques. The text also contains exercises and illustrative examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThought to be easily accessible to non-experts, the book provides motivation for the necessity of analysing data. It explains how to visualise and summarise data, and how to find natural groups and frequent patterns in a dataset. The book also explores predictive tasks, whether classification or regression. Finally, the book discusses popular data analytic applications, like mining the web, information retrieval, social network analysis, working with text, and recommender systems. The learning resources offer:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA guide to the reasoning behind data mining techniques\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA unique illustrative example that extends throughout all the chapters\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExercises at the end of each chapter and larger projects at the end of each of the text’s two main parts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether with these learning resources, the book can be used in a 13-week course guide, one chapter per course topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book was written in a format that allows the understanding of the main data analytics concepts by non-mathematicians, non-statisticians, and non-computer scientists interested in getting an introduction to data science. \u003cem\u003eA General Introduction to Data Analytics\u003c\/em\u003e is a basic guide to data analytics written in highly accessible terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595541397740,"sku":"9781119296249","price":196.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781119296249-a-general-introduction-to-data-analytics.jpg?v=1777898903"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/joao-moreira.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}