We have updated the errata for Practical Data Science with R to reflect that it is no longer worth the effort to use the Java version of SQLScrewdriver as described. We are very sorry for any confusion, trouble, or wasted effort bringing in Java software (something we are very familiar […]
Writing a book is a sacrifice. It takes a lot of time, represents a lot of missed opportunities, and does not (directly) pay very well. If you do a good job it may pay back in good-will, but producing a serious book is a great challenge. Nina Zumel and I […]
Our publisher Manning Publications is celebrating the release of a new data science in Python title Introducing Data Science by offering it and other Manning titles at half off until Wednesday, May 18. As part of the promotion you can also use the supplied discount code mlcielenlt for half off […]
We are pleased to announce our book Practical Data Science with R (Nina Zumel, John Mount, Manning 2014) is part of Manning’s “Deal of the Day” of April 9th 2016. This one day only offer gets you half off for physical book (with free e-copy) or paid e-copy (e-copy simultaneous […]
One of the big points of Practical Data Science with R is to supply a large number of fully worked examples. Our intent has always been for readers to read the book, and if they wanted to follow up on a data set or technique to find the matching worked […]
A bit of text we are proud to steal from our good friend Joseph Rickert: Then, for some very readable background material on SVMs I recommend section 13.4 of Applied Predictive Modeling and sections 9.3 and 9.4 of Practical Data Science with R by Nina Zumel and John Mount. You […]
Win-Vector LLC is proud to announce the R data science value pack. 50% off our video course Introduction to Data Science (available at Udemy) and 30% off Practical Data Science with R (from Manning). Pick any combination of video, e-book, and/or print-book you want. Instructions below. Please share and Tweet!
When you apply machine learning algorithms on a regular basis, on a wide variety of data sets, you find that certain data issues come up again and again: Missing values (NA or blanks) Problematic numerical values (Inf, NaN, sentinel values like 999999999 or -1) Valid categorical levels that don’t appear […]
Manning Publications Inc. is launching an exciting new MEAP: Practical Probabilistic Programming (which we have already subscribed to) by offering a 50% discount on Practical Probabilistic Programming and other titles (including Practical Data Science with R!). To get the discount put the books in your Manning shopping car and then […]
Found this great offer from mkt@manning.com in our email today! Very excited to see Nina Zumel get some recognition and thought we would share it (and the generous discount) here.