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Data Smart
John Foreman
4 people recommended it in 2 threads, 2021–2026.
2 of those were in the last year.
What people on Hacker News said
Because instead of R, Gadoop, Spark, Python, whatever... it started explaining data science with excel. The best part for me was optimization.
This reminds me of the "data science" book was from Data Smart, from the Mailchimp CDO, talking how to keep orange juice tasting the same all year round (using a seasonal fruit) or calculating the likelihood of a consumer being pregnant - all within Excel.
I recommend “Data Smart” to anyone who wants to break into data science.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What is the most career altering course or book you have gone through? 2026 · 2 recommendations
- Show HN: I wrote a book about using data science to solve “everyday” problems 2021 · 2 recommendations