Many statisticians, including [[Nate Silver]], have argued that data science is not a new field, but rather another name for statistics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statisticsviews.com/details/feature/5133141/Nate-Silver-What-I-need-from-statisticians.html|title=Nate Silver: What I need from statisticians - Statistics Views|website=www.statisticsviews.com|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> Others argue that data science is distinct from statistics because it focuses on problems and techniques unique to digital data.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://priceonomics.com/whats-the-difference-between-data-science-and/|title=What's the Difference Between Data Science and Statistics?|website=Priceonomics|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> [[Vasant Dhar]] writes that statistics emphasizes quantitative data and description. In contrast, data science deals with quantitative and qualitative data (e.g. images) and emphasizes prediction and action.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=DharVasant|date=2013-12-01|title=Data science and prediction|journal=Communications of the ACM|volume=56|issue=12|pages=64–73|language=EN|doi=10.1145/2500499}}</ref> [[Andrew Gelman]] of Columbia University and data scientist Vincent Granville have described statistics as a nonessential part of data science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2013/11/14/statistics-least-important-part-data-science/|title=Statistics is the least important part of data science « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science|website=statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/data-science-without-statistics-is-possible-even-desirable|title=Data science without statistics is possible, even desirable|last=Posted by Vincent Granville on December 8|first=2014 at 5:00pm|last2=Blog|first2=View|website=www.datasciencecentral.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> | Many statisticians, including [[Nate Silver]], have argued that data science is not a new field, but rather another name for statistics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statisticsviews.com/details/feature/5133141/Nate-Silver-What-I-need-from-statisticians.html|title=Nate Silver: What I need from statisticians - Statistics Views|website=www.statisticsviews.com|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> Others argue that data science is distinct from statistics because it focuses on problems and techniques unique to digital data.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://priceonomics.com/whats-the-difference-between-data-science-and/|title=What's the Difference Between Data Science and Statistics?|website=Priceonomics|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> [[Vasant Dhar]] writes that statistics emphasizes quantitative data and description. In contrast, data science deals with quantitative and qualitative data (e.g. images) and emphasizes prediction and action.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=DharVasant|date=2013-12-01|title=Data science and prediction|journal=Communications of the ACM|volume=56|issue=12|pages=64–73|language=EN|doi=10.1145/2500499}}</ref> [[Andrew Gelman]] of Columbia University and data scientist Vincent Granville have described statistics as a nonessential part of data science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2013/11/14/statistics-least-important-part-data-science/|title=Statistics is the least important part of data science « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science|website=statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/data-science-without-statistics-is-possible-even-desirable|title=Data science without statistics is possible, even desirable|last=Posted by Vincent Granville on December 8|first=2014 at 5:00pm|last2=Blog|first2=View|website=www.datasciencecentral.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> |