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Introduction to Data Science Notes

The document provides an overview of Data Science, highlighting its interdisciplinary nature and key components such as statistics, programming, and domain knowledge. It outlines the Data Science workflow, which includes problem definition, data collection, cleaning, exploratory analysis, model building, and evaluation. Additionally, it lists essential tools and languages used in the field, along with a case study on predicting housing prices using linear regression.

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Introduction to Data Science Notes

The document provides an overview of Data Science, highlighting its interdisciplinary nature and key components such as statistics, programming, and domain knowledge. It outlines the Data Science workflow, which includes problem definition, data collection, cleaning, exploratory analysis, model building, and evaluation. Additionally, it lists essential tools and languages used in the field, along with a case study on predicting housing prices using linear regression.

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Introduction to Data Science - University Lecture Notes

1. What is Data Science?


- Interdisciplinary field focused on extracting knowledge from data
- Key components: Statistics, Programming, Domain Knowledge

2. Data Science Workflow


- Problem Definition
- Data Collection
- Data Cleaning and Preparation
- Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
- Model Building
- Evaluation and Communication

3. Tools and Languages


- Python (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn)
-R
- Jupyter Notebooks

4. Case Study Example: Predicting Housing Prices


- Data source: Kaggle dataset
- Used Linear Regression for prediction

5. Further Reading
- 'Python for Data Analysis' by Wes McKinney
- 'Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow'

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