This video is for anyone who wants a no-nonsense explanation of what data science is and the type of work that data scientists do. Maybe you heard of data science and you wanted to learn more. Maybe you work with a data scientist and want to better understand their role, or you even have the goal of becoming one. This video was made for you.
Data science is actually quite a bit older than many of us realize. It was first mentioned with computer science and then with statistics.
Data science is an aptly named field. Data science is a domain where we work with data to generate some form of value. And we use scientific techniques to extract this value.