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Data Science

Data Science
Data Science Data science is the study of the generalizable extraction of knowledge from data,[1] yet the key word is science.[2] It incorporates varying elements and builds on techniques and theories from many fields, including signal processing, mathematics, probability models, machine learning, computer programming, statistics, data engineering, pattern recognition and learning, visualization, uncertainty modeling, data warehousing, and high performance computing with the goal of extracting meaning from data and creating data products. Data Science need not be always for big data, however, the fact that data is scaling up makes big data an important aspect of data science. A practitioner of data science is called a data scientist. Good data scientists are able to apply their skills to achieve a broad spectrum of end results. History[edit] On 10 November 1998, C.F. In 2001, William S. Domain Specific Interests[edit] Data science is the practice of deriving valuable insights from data.

What is a Data Scientist? – Bringing big data to the enterprise About data scientists Rising alongside the relatively new technology of big data is the new job title data scientist. While not tied exclusively to big data projects, the data scientist role does complement them because of the increased breadth and depth of data being examined, as compared to traditional roles. Understanding Big Data: Analytics for Enterprise Class Hadoop and Streaming Data Download the ebook So what does a data scientist do? A data scientist represents an evolution from the business or data analyst role. The data scientist role has been described as “part analyst, part artist.” Whereas a traditional data analyst may look only at data from a single source – a CRM system, for example – a data scientist will most likely explore and examine data from multiple disparate sources. Data scientists are inquisitive: exploring, asking questions, doing “what if” analysis, questioning existing assumptions and processes. Want to learn more about big data?

Data Science Disciplines IOM London Sense data In the philosophy of perception, the theory of sense data was a popular view held in the early 20th century by philosophers such as Bertrand Russell, C. D. Broad, H. H. Price, A.J. Ayer, and G.E. Talk of sense-data has since been largely replaced by talk of the closely related qualia. Examples[edit] Bertrand Russell heard the sound of his knuckles rapping his writing table, felt the table's hardness and saw its apparent colour (which he knew 'really' to be the brown of wood) change significantly under shifting lighting conditions. H. When we twist a coin it 'appears' to us as elliptical. Consider a reflection which appears to us in a mirror. The nature of sense data[edit] The idea that our perceptions are based on sense data is supported by a number of arguments. Abstract sense data[edit] Abstract sense data is sense data without human judgment, sense data without human conception and yet evident to the senses, found in aesthetic experience. Criticisms[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]

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