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SQL for Data Analytics

You're reading from   SQL for Data Analytics Perform fast and efficient data analysis with the power of SQL

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789807356
Length 386 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Benjamin Johnston Benjamin Johnston
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Matt Goldwasser Matt Goldwasser
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Upom Malik Upom Malik
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Preface 1. Understanding and Describing Data 2. The Basics of SQL for Analytics FREE CHAPTER 3. SQL for Data Preparation 4. Aggregate Functions for Data Analysis 5. Window Functions for Data Analysis 6. Importing and Exporting Data 7. Analytics Using Complex Data Types 8. Performant SQL 9. Using SQL to Uncover the Truth – a Case Study Appendix

Introduction

Data has fundamentally transformed the 21st century. Thanks to easy access to computers, companies and organizations have been able to change the way they work with larger and more complex datasets. Using data, insights that would have been virtually impossible to find 50 years ago can now be found with just a few lines of computer code. In this chapter, we will discuss what data is and how data analysis can be used to unlock insights and recognize patterns.

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