Introduction to Data Technologies Contributor(s): Murrell, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138118028 ISBN-13: 9781138118027 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $90.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Microscopes & Microscopy - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General - Computers | Databases - Data Mining |
Dewey: 502.8 |
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer Science & Data Analysis |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.37 lbs) 448 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Providing key information on how to work with research data, Introduction to Data Technologies presents ideas and techniques for performing critical, behind-the-scenes tasks that take up so much time and effort yet typically receive little attention in formal education. With a focus on computational tools, the book shows readers how to improve their awareness of what tasks can be achieved and describes the correct approach to perform these tasks. Practical examples demonstrate the most important pointsThe author first discusses how to write computer code using HTML as a concrete example. He then covers a variety of data storage topics, including different file formats, XML, and the structure and design issues of relational databases. After illustrating how to extract data from a relational database using SQL, the book presents tools and techniques for searching, sorting, tabulating, and manipulating data. It also introduces some very basic programming concepts as well as the R language for statistical computing. Each of these topics has supporting chapters that offer reference material on HTML, CSS, XML, DTD, SQL, R, and regular expressions. One-stop shop of introductory computing information |