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> Exactly. I have a lot of acquaintances who self-describe as data scientists. My understanding is that "data scientist" is a term meaning "statistics person w
by CPLX 12y ago
> Exactly. I have a lot of acquaintances who self-describe as data scientists.
My understanding is that "data scientist" is a term meaning "statistics person who lives in San Francisco"
- ForHackernews 12y agoAlternatively, "Does statistics, but on a Macbook"
- Perceval 12y agoI know you're joking, but Wizard (http://www.wizardmac.com/ http://www.wizardmac.com/) for OS X is a really nice place to start before delving into SPSS, Stata, and R.
- hnnewguy 12y agoOr, another version, "programmer who read an inferential statistics tutorial online".