Science and data science
Open Access
- 7 August 2017
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 114 (33), 8689-8692
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702076114
Abstract
Data science has attracted a lot of attention, promising to turn vast amounts of data into useful predictions and insights. In this article, we ask why scientists should care about data science. To answer, we discuss data science from three perspectives: statistical, computational, and human. Although each of the three is a critical component of data science, we argue that the effective combination of all three components is the essence of what data science is about.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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