Author(s) Name:  Ian Foster, Rayid Ghani, Ron S. Jarmin, Frauke Kreuter, Julia Lane
The book shows how to apply data science to real-world problems in both research and the practice. It provides practical guidance on combining methods and tools from computer science, statistics, and social science. This concrete approach is illustrated throughout using an important national problem, the quantitative study of innovation.
The text draws on the expertise of prominent leaders in statistics, the social sciences, data science, and computer science to teach students how to use modern social science research principles as well as the best analytical and computational tools.
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ISBN:  9781498751407
Publisher:  Chapman and Hall/CRC
Year of Publication:  2016
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