The Decision Maker's Handbook to Data Science: A Guide for Non-Technical Executives, Managers, and Founders

© Stylianos Kampakis  2020

S. KampakisThe Decision Maker's Handbook to Data Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5494-3_5

5. Thinking like a Data Scientist (Without Being One)

Stylianos Kampakis¹ 

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In this chapter, we’re going to talk about how to think like a data scientist without being one. It’s probably the most exciting and interesting chapter of the book, but also the most important because it translates very technical terms and ideas into English. It offers a great view into the technical world of data science but without all the jargon, so you can understand what’s happening.

The Data Science Process

So, if I ask the question

What is data science about?

I’ll receive different answers because, no surprise, different people have ...