We've all heard it: according to Hal Varian, statistics is the next sexy job. Five years ago, in What is Web 2.0, Tim O'Reilly said that "data is the next Intel Inside." But what does that statement mean? Why do we suddenly care about statistics and about data? This report examines the many sides of data science - the technologies, the companies and the unique skill sets.
This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY). You can download What Is Data Science? ebook for free in PDF format (26.5 MB).
We've all heard it: according to Hal Varian, statistics is the next sexy job. Five years ago, in What is Web 2.0, Tim O'Reilly said that "data is the next Intel Inside." But what does that statement mean? Why do we suddenly care about statistics and about data? This report examines the many sides of data science - the technologies, the companies and the unique skill sets.
This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY). You can download What Is Data Science? ebook for free in PDF format (26.5 MB).