Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining
“This book is written in plain language and is useful to you who wants to learn about the business of gathering and analyzing data and accomplishing the objectives you set beforehand. Its most important message I think is that you define the problem so that the data gathered will be tailored to solving it.”  (Biz India, 22 December 2012)"…a well-written book on data analysis and data mining that provides an excellent foundation…" (CHOICE, May 2007)"This is a must-read book for learning practical statistics and data analysis" (Computing Reviews.com, May 22, 2007)"…the book should be accessible to all its intended readers." (MAA Reviews, December 28, 2006)