Visit our FULL SITE to order Print or eTextbooks An Introduction to Data Science by Jeffrey S. Saltz and Jeffrey M. Stanton is an easy-to-read first data science textbook for those with no prior coding experience. The book is designed for students taking any introductory data science course in undergraduate, certificate, or graduate programs. An Introduction to Data Science uses the R platform to make data science welcoming and accessible for all learners. Short chapters allow instructors to group concepts together for a semester course and provide students with manageable amounts of information for each concept.