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Advanced Analytics with R and Tableau

You're reading from   Advanced Analytics with R and Tableau Advanced analytics using data classification, unsupervised learning and data visualization

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786460110
Length 178 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Roberto Rösler Roberto Rösler
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Ruben Oliva Ramos Ruben Oliva Ramos
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Jen Stirrup Jen Stirrup
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Preface 1. Advanced Analytics with R and Tableau FREE CHAPTER 2. The Power of R 3. A Methodology for Advanced Analytics Using Tableau and R 4. Prediction with R and Tableau Using Regression 5. Classifying Data with Tableau 6. Advanced Analytics Using Clustering 7. Advanced Analytics with Unsupervised Learning 8. Interpreting Your Results for Your Audience Index

Chapter 3. A Methodology for Advanced Analytics Using Tableau and R

In the era of big data when lack of methodology is likely to produce random and false discoveries, a robust framework for delivery is extremely important. According to a Dataversity poll in 2015, it was found that only 17% of survey respondents said they had a well-developed Predictive or Prescriptive Analytics program in place. On the other hand, 80% of respondents said they planned on implementing such a program within five years. How can we ensure that our projects are successful?

There is an increasing amount of data in the world, and in our databases. The data deluge is not going to go away anytime soon! Businesses risk wasting the useful business value of information contained in databases, unless they are able to excise useful knowledge from the data.

There is a saying in the world of data: garbage in, garbage out. Data needs to be cleaned before it is turned into information. There is a difference between...

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