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What is data science?
What is data science?
Data science is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses statistics, scientific computing, scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract or extrapolate knowledge and insights from noisy, structured, and unstructured data.
What does data science integrate domain knowledge from?
What does data science integrate domain knowledge from?
Data science integrates domain knowledge from the underlying application domain, such as natural sciences, information technology, and medicine.
How can data science be described?
How can data science be described?
Data science can be described as a science, a research paradigm, a research method, a discipline, a workflow, and a profession.
What does data science aim to understand and analyze?
What does data science aim to understand and analyze?
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How is data science different from computer science and information science?
How is data science different from computer science and information science?
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What kind of variation do statisticians refer to?
What kind of variation do statisticians refer to?
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What do statisticians seek to express using numbers?
What do statisticians seek to express using numbers?
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Give an example of a group of numbers that does not have variation.
Give an example of a group of numbers that does not have variation.
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How would you describe the distribution of the numbers 2, 1, 3, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1?
How would you describe the distribution of the numbers 2, 1, 3, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1?
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What number best represents the distribution of the numbers 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2?
What number best represents the distribution of the numbers 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2?
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