Introduction summary Flashcards
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Data science
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field of taking data and transforming it into meaningful information that can help us make decisions
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Descriptive statistics
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statistics that describe the data in objective terms
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inferential statistics
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inferences for the overall population based on data
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Probability
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the likelyhood and event will happen
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Programming
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the act of giving the computer instructions to perform a task
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Domain expertise
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the particular set of knowledge that someone cultivates and brings with them in order to understand their data
