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## Lesson Objectives
1. Intros
1. What is Data Science?
1. Talk About Each Other
1. Describe What Data Science Is
1. Describe the Qualities Of A Data Scientist
1. Describe the Data Science Workflow
## Intros
## Talk About Each Other
1. Here's a bit about me
1. This class can be about networking, too! Tell us about yourself!
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- What Brings You To GA?
- What Are Your Current Activities?
## What is Data Science?
## Describe What Data Science Is
What is it, exactly?
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## Your Turn: Qualities Of A Data Scientist And You
## Describe the Qualities Of A Data Scientist
### Exercise
Let's talk through the following questions in groups:
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4. Do you use tools such as Excel, Stata, R, or Python?
5. Where are you in the intersection of these skills?
## Possible Answers: Qualities Of A Data Scientist And You
### Possible Answers
- Ask good questions:
- What is required?
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- Create data products that deliver actionable insight.
- Tell relevant business stories from data.
## Self Assessment on Data Science Skills
## Describe the Data Science Workflow
### Self Assessment on Data Science Skills
For a given class size:
- how many people will rate themselves strongest in Programming Skills?
- how many people will rate themselves strongest in Math and Statistics Knowledge?
- how many people will rate themselves strongest in Business Sense?
- how many people will rate themselves strongest in Domain Knowledge?
- how many people will rate themselves strongest in Communication Skills?
For a given class size
- how many people will rate themselves strongest in Programming Skills?
- how many people will rate themselves strongest in Math and Statistics Knowledge?
- how many people will rate themselves strongest in Business Sense?
- how many people will rate themselves strongest in Domain Knowledge?
- how many people will rate themselves strongest in Communication Skills?
What to do:
1. Create a table for the qualities of a data scientist and then rate yourself on each of these skills on a scale from 1-10.
1. We will then use the data to show how simple statistics in action are part of the data science workflow.
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| Domain Knowledge | |
| Communication Skills | |
## The Data Science Workflow
### The Data Science Workflow
1. Identify the problem
- what are we trying to do?
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## Your Turn: Visualizing The Data Science Workflow
### Your Turn: The Data Science Workflow
You are a junior data scientist at Amazon. Your boss asks you about the leading indicators that a user will make a new online purchase. How would you go about solving this question?