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