No - while it covers the theoretical foundations, it doesn't give you any of the practical skills you actually need to work with data.
Re:Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
by morenoh149 on Friday October 07, 2016 @02:53PM
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I'd say it'd be plenty. You could get away without this book but for new applications or research level work with private datasets a company would really want someone that knows what's in this book.
Some context: I did my undergraduate degree in Economics (in a pretty math intensive university), have been working in marketing for the last 2 years and want to go back to do work in something more analysis centered.