# Data Science for Fundraising: Build Data-Driven Solutions Using R

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/data-science-for-fundraising-build-data-driven-solutions-using-r/
- Published: 2018-03-23T11:10:50+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**This book will help you understand why analytics is important, how to succeed 
in data science, and various data science recipes to solve fundraising problems 
using programming language ‘R’.**

Its authors Ashutosh Nandeshwar and Rodger Devine say that “by reading Data Science
for Fundraising, you’ll save **100s** of hours spent on frustrating searches on 
R and data science.” 

**Ashutosh Nandeshwar**, PhD is the author of _Tableau Data Visualization Cookbook_,
and has developed analytical solutions for all stages of the student life cycle.
He is leading the data science, reporting, and relationship management efforts at
the University of Southern California.
**Rodger Devine** is a Senior Executive Director
at the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences College of University of Southern
California. He leads a comprehensive fundraising analytics, annual fund and pipeline
development programme. He earned a MS in information retrieval and analysis from
the School of Information at University of Michigan. 

They are offering a [free chapter download](http://nandeshwar.info/ds4fundraising/)
with more than 10 R recipes for fundraising analysis.