| Data science is an interdisciplinary field focused on extracting knowledge from data sets, which are typically large (see [[big data]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.datascienceassn.org/about-data-science|title=About Data Science {{!}} Data Science Association|website=www.datascienceassn.org|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> The field encompasses analysis, preparing data for analysis, and presenting findings to inform high-level decisions in an organization. As such, it incorporates skills from computer science, mathematics, statistics, [[information visualization]], graphic design, and business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/doing-data-science/9781449363871/ch01.html|title=1. Introduction: What Is Data Science? - Doing Data Science [Book]|website=www.oreilly.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medriscoll.com/post/4740157098/the-three-sexy-skills-of-data-geeks|title=the three sexy skills of data geeks|website=m.e.driscoll: data utopian|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> Statistician [[Nathan Yau]], drawing on [[Ben Fry]], also links data science to [[Human–computer interaction|human-computer interaction]]: users should be able to intuitively control and explore data.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://flowingdata.com/2009/06/04/rise-of-the-data-scientist/|title=Rise of the Data Scientist|last=Yau|first=Nathan|date=2009-06-04|website=FlowingData|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://benfry.com/phd/dissertation/2.html|title=Basic Example|last=|first=|date=|website=benfry.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> In 2015, the [[American Statistical Association]] identified [[Database|database management]], statistics and [[machine learning]], and [[Distributed computing|distributed and parallel systems]] as the three emerging foundational professional communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2015/10/01/asa-statement-on-the-role-of-statistics-in-data-science/|title=ASA Statement on the Role of Statistics in Data Science|date=2015-10-01|website=AMSTATNEWS|publisher=[[American Statistical Association]]|access-date=2019-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620184935/https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2015/10/01/asa-statement-on-the-role-of-statistics-in-data-science/|archive-date=20 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> | | Data science is an interdisciplinary field focused on extracting knowledge from data sets, which are typically large (see [[big data]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.datascienceassn.org/about-data-science|title=About Data Science {{!}} Data Science Association|website=www.datascienceassn.org|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> The field encompasses analysis, preparing data for analysis, and presenting findings to inform high-level decisions in an organization. As such, it incorporates skills from computer science, mathematics, statistics, [[information visualization]], graphic design, and business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/doing-data-science/9781449363871/ch01.html|title=1. Introduction: What Is Data Science? - Doing Data Science [Book]|website=www.oreilly.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medriscoll.com/post/4740157098/the-three-sexy-skills-of-data-geeks|title=the three sexy skills of data geeks|website=m.e.driscoll: data utopian|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> Statistician [[Nathan Yau]], drawing on [[Ben Fry]], also links data science to [[Human–computer interaction|human-computer interaction]]: users should be able to intuitively control and explore data.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://flowingdata.com/2009/06/04/rise-of-the-data-scientist/|title=Rise of the Data Scientist|last=Yau|first=Nathan|date=2009-06-04|website=FlowingData|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://benfry.com/phd/dissertation/2.html|title=Basic Example|last=|first=|date=|website=benfry.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> In 2015, the [[American Statistical Association]] identified [[Database|database management]], statistics and [[machine learning]], and [[Distributed computing|distributed and parallel systems]] as the three emerging foundational professional communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2015/10/01/asa-statement-on-the-role-of-statistics-in-data-science/|title=ASA Statement on the Role of Statistics in Data Science|date=2015-10-01|website=AMSTATNEWS|publisher=[[American Statistical Association]]|access-date=2019-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620184935/https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2015/10/01/asa-statement-on-the-role-of-statistics-in-data-science/|archive-date=20 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
− | Data science is an interdisciplinary field focused on extracting knowledge from data sets, which are typically large (see big data). The field encompasses analysis, preparing data for analysis, and presenting findings to inform high-level decisions in an organization. As such, it incorporates skills from computer science, mathematics, statistics, information visualization, graphic design, and business. Statistician Nathan Yau, drawing on Ben Fry, also links data science to human-computer interaction: users should be able to intuitively control and explore data. In 2015, the American Statistical Association identified database management, statistics and machine learning, and distributed and parallel systems as the three emerging foundational professional communities.
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