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S. KampakisThe Decision Maker's Handbook to Data Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5494-3_8

8. Problem Solving

Stylianos Kampakis1 
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London, UK
 

In this chapter, we’re going to look at solving a problem from the decision maker’s point of view, as this is what this book is about. So, we aren’t going to look at how data scientists solve problems but how you will solve the problem working alongside a data scientist.

No one expects the domain expert—a.k.a. you—to be qualified in using data science. However, you need to be able to think like a data scientist when solving a problem, because it will help you improve how you define the problem, as well as making it easier for you to find the right people and to manage them. ...

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