A beginner's guide for performing data analysis loaded with numerous rich, practical examples
Access to popular Scala libraries such as Breeze, Saddle for efficient data manipulation and exploratory analysis
Develop applications in Scala for real-time analysis and machine learning in Apache Spark

Description

Efficient business decisions with an accurate sense of business data helps in delivering better performance across products and services. This book helps you to leverage the popular Scala libraries and tools for performing core data analysis tasks with ease. The book begins with a quick overview of the building blocks of a standard data analysis process. You will learn to perform basic tasks like Extraction, Staging, Validation, Cleaning, and Shaping of datasets. You will later deep dive into the data exploration and visualization areas of the data analysis life cycle. You will make use of popular Scala libraries like Saddle, Breeze, Vegas, and PredictionIO for processing your datasets. You will learn statistical methods for deriving meaningful insights from data. You will also learn to create applications for Apache Spark 2.x on complex data analysis, in real-time. You will discover traditional machine learning techniques for doing data analysis. Furthermore, you will also be introduced to neural networks and deep learning from a data analysis standpoint. By the end of this book, you will be capable of handling large sets of structured and unstructured data, perform exploratory analysis, and building efficient Scala applications for discovering and delivering insights

What you will learn

Techniques to determine the validity and confidence level of data Apply quartiles and n-tiles to datasets to see how data is distributed into many buckets Create data pipelines that combine multiple data lifecycle steps Use built-in features to gain a deeper understanding of the data Apply Lasso regression analysis method to your data Compare Apache Spark API with traditional Apache Spark data analysis

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Product Details

Publication date : May 3, 2019

Length 298 pages

Edition : 1st Edition

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781789346114

Category :

Data

Languages :

Scala (Expert)

Concepts :

Data Analysis

14 Chapters

Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

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Section 1: Scala and Data Analysis Life Cycle

Scala Overview

Getting started with Scala

Overview of object-oriented and functional programming

Scala case classes and the collection API

Overview of Scala libraries for data analysis

Summary

Data Analysis Life Cycle

Data journey

Sourcing data

Understanding data

Using ML to learn from data

Creating a data pipeline

Summary

Data Ingestion

Data extraction

Data staging

Cleaning and normalizing

Enriching

Organizing and storing

Summary

Data Exploration and Visualization

Sampling data

Performing ad hoc analysis

Finding a relationship between data elements

Visualizing data

Summary

Applying Statistics and Hypothesis Testing

Basics of statistics

Vector level statistics

Random data generation

Hypothesis testing

Summary

Section 2: Advanced Data Analysis and Machine Learning

Introduction to Spark for Distributed Data Analysis

Spark setup and overview

Spark Datasets and DataFrames

Sourcing data using Spark

Using Spark to explore data

Summary

Traditional Machine Learning for Data Analysis

ML overview

Decision trees

Random forest

Ridge and lasso regression

k-means cluster analysis

Natural language processing for data analysis

Algorithm selections

Summary

Section 3: Real-Time Data Analysis and Scalability

Near Real-Time Data Analysis Using Streaming

Overview of streaming

Spark Streaming overview

Streaming a k-means clustering algorithm using Spark

Streaming linear regression using Spark

Summary

Working with Data at Scale

Working with data at scale

Cost considerations

Reliability considerations

Summary

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Authors (1)

Rajesh Gupta

Rajesh is a Hands-on Big Data Tech Lead and Enterprise Architect with extensive experience in the full life cycle of software development. He has successfully architected, developed and deployed highly scalable data solutions using Spark, Scala and Hadoop technology stack for several enterprises. A passionate, hands-on technologist, Rajesh has masters degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from BITS, Pilani (India).

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