Data science is a systematic way to discover, quantify, and understand relationships hidden in data. A data scientist is an expert in acquiring, storing, accessing, and manipulating data; visualizing and modeling relationships in the data; and drawing actionable conclusions from the data. Data science is a tool applied to other areas of study such as biological sciences or business, and emphasizes the holistic process of “thinking with (real) data.”
Data science is an essential tool for nearly all disciplines and businesses that collect any data. Government and industry employers need data scientists to store, manipulate, and analyze data acquired in research, engineering, finance, marketing, public health, and other fields. By combining quantitative training with a minor in another field, data scientists are employed in a wide range of fields.
