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> who otherwise had never dealt with statistics before. And why is statistics required? Let's face it most companies who need "Data Scientists" are looking for
by thisisit 8y ago
> who otherwise had never dealt with statistics before.
And why is statistics required? Let's face it most companies who need "Data Scientists" are looking for regular BI guys with fancy terms. Most of the problems are solvable using out of box functionalities in python/keras etc. Sure there are places and problems which require hard mathematics and stats but those are few and far between.
- mywittyname 8y agoThis is true in my experience. Data Scientist seem to run the gamut from "knows SQL" to "has a Ph.D in Behavioral Psych and spent four years getting scientific results published in peer-reviewed journals". The company that I work for has changed role titles from Data Analyst to Data Scientist specifically because people who know SQL, but don't program, won't apply to/accept jobs without that title.
- dr_zoidberg 8y agoBecause data science and machine learning are applied statistics, and if you don't understand how it works under the hood (and not necesarily a very deep understanding, sometimes just a broad understanding is enough) you will have trouble adjusting things, debugging edge cases, or simply not know why something works and something else doesn't. (edited for slightly better clarity)
- ryandrake 8y agoMost companies that think they need a team of data scientists just need a SELECT with a WHERE clause and maybe GROUP BY.