Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials Title: Big data : how data analytics is transforming the world / Tim Chartier ; producer/editor, Maureen Tumulty, David White ; director, Jonathan D. Leven, Jim M. Allen. Publisher, Date: Chantilly, Virginia : Teaching Company, [2014] Description: 4 DVDs (approximately 720 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 173 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) video file DVD video Series: The great courses. Science & mathematics. Mathematics Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics Mathematics. Subjects: Big data. Database management. Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing. Data mining. Filmed lectures. Nonfiction films. Other Author: Chartier, Timothy P., creator, speaker. Tumulty, Maureen, film producer, editor of moving image work. White, David, film producer, editor of moving image work. Leven, Jon, film director. Allen, Jim, film director. Teaching Company, publisher. Notes: "Course no. 1382"--Disc label. Course consists of 24 lectures. Each lecture ca. 30 min. Bibliiographical references included in course guidebook. Lecturer: Tim Chartier, Davidson College. DVD. NTSC. Contents: disc 1. Data analytics -- what's the "big" idea? ; Got data? What are you wondering about? ; A mindset for mastering the data deluge ; Looking for patterns -- and causes ; Algorithms -- managing complexity ; The cycle of data management -- disc 2. Getting graphic and seeing the data ; Preparing data is training for success ; How new statistics transform sports ; Political polls -- how weighted averaging wins ; When life is (almost) linear -- regression ; Training computers to think like humans -- disc 3. Anomalies and breaking trends ; Simulation -- beyond data, beyond equations ; Overfitting -- too good to be truly useful ; Bracketology -- the math of March madness ; Quantifying quality on the World Wide Web ; Watching words -- sentiment and text analysis -- disc 4. Data compression and recommendation systems ; Decision trees -- Jump-start an analysis ; Clustering -- the many ways to create groups ; Degrees of separation and social networks ; Challenges of privacy and security ; Getting analytical about the future. ISBN: 1629970824 9781629970820 Other Number: 889154465 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 453587 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: GREAT DVD 658.4038 Big data Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
