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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A beginner's guide to data analysis with unix utilities (part 1) launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Data Analysis with Open Source Tools▲69

   How to think about data

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous▲61

   A short introduction to the Unix command line

   2015 · learnenough.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Bayes Theorem▲65

   A beginners visual approach to Bayesian data analysis

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   An Introduction to Statistical Learning▲60

   How to implement the various methods in real life settings

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Machine Learning▲77

   A visual guide for beginners

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Naked Statistics▲69

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   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Art of Data Science▲85

   A guide for anyone who works with data

   2017 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Data Science for Business▲68

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   2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Web Metrics: Proven Methods for Measuring Web Site Success▲56

   A classic book for web analytics geeks

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    a16z - The Data Science of Food and Taste▲62

    With Ooshma Garg

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    MatrixDS▲79

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    2018 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Analyse Asia 79: Hadoop, Cloudera & Big Data with Doug Cutting▲66

    Hadoop, Cloudera, Open Source Software & Big Data

    2015 · analysepodcast.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Purely Functional Data Structures▲61

    A guide to functional programming

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Web Data Analysis▲3

    A 30-day email course on analyzing data

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    R Essentials▲5

    The Language for Data Manipulation and Statistical Analysis

    2016 · dzone.com · its alternatives →

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    Improving on the Command-Line SQL Experience▲5

    2020 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    2016 · siphonjs.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Open-source structured data profiling library▲7

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Machine Learning for Absolute Beginners▲12

    A Plain English Introduction to Machine Learning

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Linux Command Line▲6

    A Complete Introduction

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Ekati – A Database (Early)▲9

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Streaming data analysis on Colab with the help of Bokeh▲5

    2023 · colab.research.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Art of R Programming:▲3

    A Tour of Statistical Software Design

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    2014 · blog.spritesapp.com · its alternatives →

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