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## Lesson Objectives
## Lesson Objectives
1. Intros
1. Talk About Each Other
1. What is Data Science?
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. Here's a bit about me
1. This class can be about networking, too! Tell us about yourself!
1. This class can be about networking, too! Tell us about yourself!
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- What Brings You To GA?
- What Brings You To GA?
- What Are Your Current Activities?
- What Are Your Current Activities?
## What is Data Science?
## Describe What Data Science Is
What is it, exactly?
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:
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?
4. Do you use tools such as Excel, Stata, R, or Python?
5. Where are you in the intersection of these skills?
5. Where are you in the intersection of these skills?
## Possible Answers: Qualities Of A Data Scientist And You
### Possible Answers
- Ask good questions:
- Ask good questions:
- What is required?
- What is required?
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- Create data products that deliver actionable insight.
- Create data products that deliver actionable insight.
- Tell relevant business stories from data.
- 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
What to do:
- 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?
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. 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.
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 | |
| Domain Knowledge | |
| Communication Skills | |
| Communication Skills | |
## The Data Science Workflow
### The Data Science Workflow
1. Identify the problem
1. Identify the problem
- what are we trying to do?
- 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?
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?
