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David PaperData Science Fundamentals for Python and MongoDBhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3597-3_1

1. Introduction

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Data science is an interdisciplinary field encompassing scientific methods, processes, and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data in various forms, either structured or unstructured. It draws principles from mathematics, statistics, information science, computer science, machine learning, visualization, data mining, and predictive analytics. However, it is fundamentally grounded in mathematics.

This book explains and applies the fundamentals of data science crucial for technical professionals such as DBAs and developers who are making career moves toward practicing ...

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