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Part 1: Understanding Data Science and Its Foundations

This part covers the foundations of data science, including key statistical concepts, data types, collection methods, exploratory data analysis, statistical significance, and regression. This part has the following chapters:

Chapter 1, Introducing Data Science
Chapter 2, Characterizing and Collecting Data
Chapter 3, Exploratory Data Analysis
Chapter 4, The Significance of Significance
Chapter 5, Understanding Regression

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