Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Head First Data Analysis


1. Introduction to Data Analysis: Break It Down
2. Experiements: Test Your Theories
3. Optimization: Take It to the Max
4. Data Visualization: Pictures Make You Smarter
5. Hypothesis Testing: Say It Ain't So
6. Bayesian Statistics: Get Past First Base
7. Subjective Probabilities: Numerical Belief
8. Heuristics: Analyze Like a Human
9. Histograms: The Shape of Numbers
10. Regression: Prediction
11. Error: Err Well
12. Relational Database: Can You Relate?
13. Cleaning Data: Impose Order

i. Leftovers: Top Ten Things (We Didn't Cover)
ii. Install R: Start R Up!
iii. Install Excel Analysis Tools: The ToolPak