Data Scientist
The data scientist role is critical to organizations seeking valuable insights from information assets for big data initiatives and requires a wide range of skills that are best accomplished as part of a team. For example, collaboration and teamwork are required to work with stakeholders to understand business issues. Analytical and decision-making skills are essential for identifying relationships in data and recognizing patterns. Data management skills are required to create a suitable data set that can be used for analysis.
Literal Meanings of Data Scientist
Data:
Meanings of Data:
(plural: data) A measure of something on a scale that both the writer (person or device) and the reader (another person or device) can understand. The scale is set arbitrarily, e.g. 1-10 times one, 1-100 times 0.1, or just true or false, on or off, yes, no or maybe, etc.
(plural: data) A fact known by direct observation.
(plural: data) the starting point from which conclusions are drawn.
(plural: dates) A fixed reference point or coordinate system.
Scientist:
Meanings of Scientist:
A person whose work uses the scientific method to answer questions about a measurable universe. A scientist can do original research or use the results of other people's research.
