If statistics can be described tongue in cheek as gaining insight about groups of numbers by generating other numbers, data science is about gaining insight abo

If statistics can be described tongue in cheek as gaining insight about groups of numbers by generating other numbers, data science is about gaining insight about groups of <files> by generating other <files / numbers / graphics / interactive displays etc >. Perhaps it is an extension of what statistics is but acknowledging that stats was the granddaddy app.