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11 Facts about Data Science that you must know
- brendamorgan 11y agoAs one journeys through his/her career in analytics, some truths start becoming evident over time. And while none of them are ground-shattering, they often surprise novices in the field. So, it’s worthwhile to know 11 absolute facts of data science.
- nabla9 11y agoSurprisingly accurate list. Especially: 7. No one cares how you did it 9. Presentation is key If you think academia has problem with unreproducible research, you should work in private sector consulting for some time. If you can use data science to make your customers to do random walk in the space of doing their business and they reverse the negative changes after some time, it shows in the bottom line after a while.
- dagw 11y agoAs much as I normally hate these sort of lists, this one was very spot on.
- heed 11y agoWhile I found this list to be quite good is it a common thing to write an article based on "facts" pulled from reddit? (see note at the bottom of the article)
- S4M 11y ago"7. No one cares how you did it"
- astazangasta 11y agoSomeone needs to murder whoever designed that site.
- thearn4 11y ago12. Statisticians who have been working successfully in this area for decades will now need to re-brand themselves as "data scientists", because "statistics" isn't a sexy enough word.
- jofer 11y agoOn a side note, 9 of those statements apply equally to any technical field. The only two that don't (deep learning and big data) can be substituted with the appropriate term du jour in the field. For example, I'd argue they apply very well seismic interpretation in a business setting. The connotations change a bit, but the overall sentiment is identical.