Preface
"Better than any statistician at computer science and better at statistics than any computer scientist" – this is a phrase I've heard said about data scientists since I started my official data science training. It might be true, but data science has grown to incorporate so many different fields and technologies that it might not be able to be captured with such a simple statement anymore. Not to mention that statistics, and especially computer science, cover a lot of ground, too. But as a quick-and-dirty way to describe data science in three words, "statistics + computer science" works.
Many people learn data science to improve their lives. For me, I wanted to transition out of the physical sciences, which are bound by physical locations, ...
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