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No. Data science is different than statistics, because it is done on computers. It also uses machine learning algorithms instead of statistical algorithms. Thes
by mjhay 1y ago
No. Data science is different than statistics, because it is done on computers. It also uses machine learning algorithms instead of statistical algorithms. These advances, and the shedding of generations of restrictive cruft - frees data scientists to craft answers that their bosses want to hear - proving the superiority of data science over statistics.
- mathteddybear 1y agoyeah, we called that data mining, decision systems, and whatnot... mapreduce was as fresh and hot as the Paul Graham's essays book... folks were using Java over python, due to some open source library from around the globe... essentially, provided you were at a right place in a right time, you could get a BSc in it
- selimthegrim 1y agoYou might have missed the /s