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Would working through this book be sufficient to be able to start doing data science/analysis work? Some context: I did my undergraduate degree in Economics (i
by Luftschiff 10y ago
Would working through this book be sufficient to be able to start doing data science/analysis work?
Some context: I did my undergraduate degree in Economics (in a pretty math intensive university), have been working in marketing for the last 2 years and want to go back to do work in something more analysis centered.
- morenoh149 10y agoI'd say it'd be plenty. You could get away without this book but for new applications or research level work with private datasets a company would really want someone that knows what's in this book.
- hadley 10y agoNo - while it covers the theoretical foundations, it doesn't give you any of the practical skills you actually need to work with data.