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One of the most important uses of data science is to determine the impact of charitable giving. Is it a more efficient use of money to give people cash, or pay
by mathattack 13y ago
One of the most important uses of data science is to determine the impact of charitable giving. Is it a more efficient use of money to give people cash, or pay for infrastructure in their town? Is it more efficient to invest in K-5 education, 6-8, high school or college? There are lots of ideological answers to these questions, but data science is great for supplying empirical evidence.
- gaius 13y agoActually civil servants have been churning this stuff out since the 50s, if not before. Politicians ignore it of course, but if you think this is a new thing, then you have fallen into the common data science trap of not knowing there's nothing new under the sun. Which is odd really since anyone calling themselves a scientist of any sort should be able to do some research and not reinvent the wheel.