Get Ready for Data Science
A Primer for Social and Behavioral Scientists
Rex B. Kline
Hardcovere-bookprint + e-book
Hardcover
pre-orderAugust 20, 2026
ISBN 9781462563494
Price: $80.00 606 Pages
Size: 7" x 10"
Introduction
I. Classical Statistics and Data Science
1. Ready Set Go
2. Classical Statistics
3. Data Science
II. Dispelling Myth and Alternatives
4. Estimating Uncertainty
5. Avoiding Insignificance
6. Lessons from Regression
7. Bayesian Basics
III. Programming and Data
8. Programming
9 Data Visualization
10. Big Data
11. Data Reduction
IV. Machine Learning and Beyond
12. Supervised Machine Learning: Core Methods
13. Supervised Machine Learning: Hyperparameter Tuning
14. Supervised Machine Learning: Complex Effects
15. Unsupervised Machine Learning
16. Other Data Science Horizons
Suggested Answers to Exercises
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Author











