Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the field, this ebook collection brings together titles from statistics, computer science, IT, and business. The books in this collection present research and applications in the field, including new statistical and computational techniques. Cutting edge topics are featured in the collection, including data analysis, data privacy, data analytics in healthcare, sports, business, education, arts and humanities, and politics. Many of the titles in the collection also provide guidance on the use of software for data science, including R, Python, and Julia.
Gartner provides research, analysis, and interpretation of the business of information technology. Content includes market analysis, statistics, and forecasts; industry information on the following industries: banking and investment services, education, energy and utilities, government, healthcare providers, insurance, manufacturing, media, and retail; and critical issue reports that include: outsourcing, open source, emerging trends and technologies, mobile and wireless, and laptops and hand-held devices. Features of this resource include: Hype Cycle which helps identify the appropriate timing for IT investments; Magic Quadrant which helps visualize how major competitors stack up in a given marketplace; and an email alerting service that pushes the latest Gartner research to an in-box. Founded in 1979, Gartner gathers its research through 1250 research analysts and consultants, and is considered a leader as an information technology research and advisory company. This resource is funded at USF through Student Technology Fees.
Sage Data (formerly Data-Planet Statistical Datasets) is a web-based research solutions tool that provides fast and easy access to data from licensed and public domain datasets. It provides easy access to an extensive repository of standardized and structured statistical data. The Data-Planet repository contains more than 90 billion data points from more than 70 source organizations. The over two billion time series in Data-Planet provide immediate access to data presented in charts, maps, graphs, and table form, via multiple points of entry. There are up to 2 billion charts, maps, views, rankings, time series and tables available for use in the Data-Planet repository. All of the data have been standardized and structured, and described with up to 37 fields of metadata, including a controlled vocabulary. -- To access this database, your computer must have Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 1.4.2 or later.
SimplyAnalytics is a mapping, analytics, and data visualization application with 100,000+ data variables, including: demographic data from the US Decennial Census and the American Community Survey (ACS), consumer spending data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), and D&B's Premium business directory providing access to over 30 million detailed US business profiles. Additionally, the premium MRI-SimmonsLOCAL consumer behavior dataset includes data on over 8,000 brands, lifestyle statements, social media habits, and more. Claritas PRIZM Premier provides users with a marketing & lifestyle segmentation system to help identify, understand, and target their customers and prospects. Data is largely available down to the Census Block Group level, and custom locations can be created. Users are not required to log-in with a user name and password, however, their work will not be saved using this method (clicking on "Sign in as a guest"). In order to save their work, users need to create an individual account for both on- and off-campus access.
Statista is a leading provider of market and consumer data. Statista provides access to statistics and forecasts on 80,000 different topics from more than 22,500 sources.