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An aside, on the sidebar there is a link to "Practical Data Science with R", presumably this blog belongs to the author? Apologies for my inexperience here, bu
by craigching 12y ago
An aside, on the sidebar there is a link to "Practical Data Science with R", presumably this blog belongs to the author? Apologies for my inexperience here, but can anyone recommend that book? I have "R in Action" and am subscribed to the MEAP for the next edition, is this book a good companion? Appreciate any responses!
- jmount 12y agoOne of the blog/book authors here (John Mount). Yes the book and blog are both by Nina Zumel and John Mount. Obviously my opinion is biased, but here is a bit anyway. "R in Action" is one of our favorite R books (that and "The Art of R Programming"). "Practical Data Science with R" is more about working examples of data science (lots of the grungy tubing steps, how to think about some of the statistical tests, what sort of software to use at moderate data size). So if you would like the book depends a lot on if you are interested in those steps are not. My more hard-sell push of the book is here: http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2014/06/how-does-practical-data-science-with-r-stand-out/ http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2014/06/how-does-practical-da...
- craigching 12y agoYes, that does sound interesting to me, the reason I got into R in the first place was for machine learning. I will check it out!
- jmount 12y agoThat is something to be careful about with our book. We largely use machine learning- not tinker with or develop it.