> Moreover the people analyzing it don't need to be data scientists -- they can as easily be statisticians, economists, geneticists, etc. While data science is

> Moreover the people analyzing it don't need to be data scientists -- they can as easily be statisticians, economists, geneticists, etc. While data science is a newer academic field, most of its practitioners come from statistics, economics, genetics, etc.! (I say this as a 10-year data scientist who is an economist).