This textbook provides future Data analysts with the tools, methods, and skills needed to answer data-focused, real-life questions; to carry out Data analysis; and to visualize and interpret results to support better decisions in business, economics, and public policy.
Extensive online resources, including raw and cleaned Data and codes for all Analysis in Stata, R, and Python, can be found at www.gabors-data-analysis.com..
Learning is then consolidated by 360 practice questions and 120 Data exercises.
Each case starts with an industry-relevant question and answers it by using real-world Data and applying the tools and methods covered in the textbook.
As the most effective way to communicate Data analysis, running case studies play a central role in this textbook.
Data wrangling and exploration, regression analysis, machine learning, and causal Analysis are comprehensively covered, as well as when, why, and how the methods work, and how they relate to each other.
This textbook provides future Data analysts with the tools, methods, and skills needed to answer data-focused, real-life questions; to carry out Data analysis; and to visualize and interpret results to support better decisions in business, economics, and public policy
