📊 Data Analysis

Guides to extracting meaning from numbers, these books teach the tools, techniques, and critical thinking needed to turn raw data into insight and informed decisions.

Python Crash Course

by Eric Matthes • 2015

Learn Python through data: plot random walks, map countries, and build interactive charts from zero.

4.35

3k+

🐍 Python Programming 📊 Data Visualization 🌱 Beginner Programming 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 📚 Self-Taught Programmers

Python Crash Course

Learn Python through data: plot random walks, map countries, and build interactive charts from zero.

by Eric Matthes 2015

4.35

3k+ ratings

🐍 Python Programming 📊 Data Visualization 🌱 Beginner Programming 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 📚 Self-Taught Programmers

SuperFreakonomics

by Steven D. Levitt • 2009

Incentives, not morality, explain prostitution, terrorism, and climate change. The data proves it.

4.00

135k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Pop Economics 🔄 Unintended Consequences 💡 Contrarian Ideas 👤 Human Behavior

SuperFreakonomics

Incentives, not morality, explain prostitution, terrorism, and climate change. The data proves it.

by Steven D. Levitt 2009

4.00

135k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Pop Economics 🔄 Unintended Consequences 💡 Contrarian Ideas 👤 Human Behavior

When to Rob a Bank

by Steven D. Levitt • 2015

Why sumo wrestlers cheat, why pools are more dangerous than guns, and what economics reveals.

3.53

15k+

💡 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Incentive Design 🌊 Unintended Consequences 🤥 Dishonesty 👥 Social Norms

When to Rob a Bank

Why sumo wrestlers cheat, why pools are more dangerous than guns, and what economics reveals.

by Steven D. Levitt 2015

3.53

15k+ ratings

💡 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Incentive Design 🌊 Unintended Consequences 🤥 Dishonesty 👥 Social Norms

Practical SQL

by Anthony DeBarros • 2022

Write real SQL: load data, join tables, run statistics, map locations, and query JSON in PostgreSQL.

4.26

239

💾 Sql 🗃️ Relational Databases 📖 Data Storytelling 🛠️ Learn By Doing 🐣 Beginner Programmers

Practical SQL

Write real SQL: load data, join tables, run statistics, map locations, and query JSON in PostgreSQL.

by Anthony DeBarros 2022

4.26

239 ratings

💾 Sql 🗃️ Relational Databases 📖 Data Storytelling 🛠️ Learn By Doing 🐣 Beginner Programmers

Python for Finance

by Yves Hilpisch • 2012

Python's finance stack: vectorized data, Monte Carlo methods, deploying models from Excel to web.

3.80

249

📊 Quantitative Finance 🔢 Financial Modeling 🎲 Monte Carlo Simulation 💻 Computational Finance 🐍 Python Ecosystem

Python for Finance

Python's finance stack: vectorized data, Monte Carlo methods, deploying models from Excel to web.

by Yves Hilpisch 2012

3.80

249 ratings

📊 Quantitative Finance 🔢 Financial Modeling 🎲 Monte Carlo Simulation 💻 Computational Finance 🐍 Python Ecosystem

Statistics 101

by David Borman • 2018

A single-volume stats class: summarize data, test hunches, and build forecasts, minus the jargon.

2.94

147

📊 Introductory Statistics 🧐 Statistical Literacy 🎲 Probability 📉 Data Visualization 🔮 Predictive Modeling

Statistics 101

A single-volume stats class: summarize data, test hunches, and build forecasts, minus the jargon.

by David Borman 2018

2.94

147 ratings

📊 Introductory Statistics 🧐 Statistical Literacy 🎲 Probability 📉 Data Visualization 🔮 Predictive Modeling

SuperFreakonomics

by Steven D. Levitt • 2009

Prostitutes earn more on holidays, suicide bombers buy life insurance. An economist explains why.

4.00

135k+

📉 Pop-Economics 🧠 Incentive Design 🧐 Myth Busting 🎁 Altruism 📊 Natural Experiments

SuperFreakonomics

Prostitutes earn more on holidays, suicide bombers buy life insurance. An economist explains why.

by Steven D. Levitt 2009

4.00

135k+ ratings

📉 Pop-Economics 🧠 Incentive Design 🧐 Myth Busting 🎁 Altruism 📊 Natural Experiments

Python for Excel

by Felix Zumstein • 2021

Turn Excel into a Python engine: automate reports, scale past a million rows, and quit copy-pasting.

4.00

🤖 Spreadsheet Automation 🐼 Pandas Dataframes 📈 Time Series Analysis 📄 Reproducible Reporting 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship

Python for Excel

Turn Excel into a Python engine: automate reports, scale past a million rows, and quit copy-pasting.

by Felix Zumstein 2021

4.00

41 ratings

🤖 Spreadsheet Automation 🐼 Pandas Dataframes 📈 Time Series Analysis 📄 Reproducible Reporting 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship

PYTHON FOR DATA ANALYSIS

by Ryshith Doyle • 2019

The systematic NumPy and Pandas walkthrough: import, clean, combine, and analyze data in Python.

3.67

🐍 Python Programming 🧹 Data Wrangling 🧱 Data Structures 🔢 Numerical Computing 🚀 Beginner Programmers

PYTHON FOR DATA ANALYSIS

The systematic NumPy and Pandas walkthrough: import, clean, combine, and analyze data in Python.

by Ryshith Doyle 2019

3.67

6 ratings

🐍 Python Programming 🧹 Data Wrangling 🧱 Data Structures 🔢 Numerical Computing 🚀 Beginner Programmers

Python Programming for Beginners

by MARK CODING • 2020

Python for absolute beginners: automate spreadsheets, scrape websites, analyze data step by step.

5.00

🐍 Python Programming 💻 Learn To Code 🌱 Absolute Beginners 🛠️ Hands-On Learning 🤖 Automation

Python Programming for Beginners

Python for absolute beginners: automate spreadsheets, scrape websites, analyze data step by step.

by MARK CODING 2020

5.00

1 ratings

🐍 Python Programming 💻 Learn To Code 🌱 Absolute Beginners 🛠️ Hands-On Learning 🤖 Automation

ChatGPT Excel Mastery

by Mr Anand M • 2023

ChatGPT translates your questions into Excel formulas, dashboards, and macros you can actually use.

🧮 Excel Proficiency 🤖 Ai Assisted Learning 📈 Data Visualization ⚙️ Task Automation 💬 Prompt Engineering

ChatGPT Excel Mastery

ChatGPT translates your questions into Excel formulas, dashboards, and macros you can actually use.

by Mr Anand M 2023

🧮 Excel Proficiency 🤖 Ai Assisted Learning 📈 Data Visualization ⚙️ Task Automation 💬 Prompt Engineering

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