# Recommended books to get started with Data analysis

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**Created:** [July 14, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://ask.igwn.org/t/recommended-books-to-get-started-with-data-analysis/407 "2022-07-14T16:27:24Z")\
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Which books should someone follow to understand the basic tools and techniques with the concept of GWs analysis in a proper way.

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Hi! There’s no one right answer, but here are a few resources:

- [Gravitational-wave Physics and Astronomy, by Creighton and Anderson](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527636037)

- [The data analysis “guide” paper, by the LIGO and Virgo Collaboration](https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.11170)

- [Gravitational Waves by Maggiore](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/gravitational-waves-pack-volumes-1-and-2-9780198755289?cc=us&lang=en&)

- Christopher Berry has a nice [blog post](https://cplberry.com/2020/02/09/gw-data-guides/) about this