Data Science

Data science is an interdisciplinary field focused on extracting knowledge from typically large datasets and applying the knowledge and insights from that data to solve problems in a wide range of application domains.

A data scientist is someone who creates programming code and combines it with statistical knowledge to create insights from data.

Steps in data science

• Data Acquisition - Preparing data for analysis
• Formulating data science problems
• Data Mining
• Data Analysis
• Data Integration - Developing data driven solutions
• Data and Information Visualization - Presenting findings to inform high-level decisions in a broad range of application domains