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What is Data science?

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Data science is a multidisciplinary field that involves extracting insights and knowledge from structured and unstructured data. It combines techniques from various domains such as statistics, mathematics, computer science, and domain expertise to analyze and interpret large volumes of data. The primary goal of data science is to uncover patterns, trends, and correlations within the data to make informed decisions and predictions. Data scientists use various tools, algorithms, and programming languages to collect, clean, process, analyze, and visualize data. Data science encompasses several key components: 1. Data Collection: Gathering data from different sources, which can include databases, APIs, websites, sensors, social media, and more. 2. Data Cleaning and Preparation: Preparing the data for analysis by addressing missing values, outliers, and inconsistencies. This step involves data cleaning, data integration, and transforming data into a suitable format. 3. Exploratory Data Anal...

Roadmap to become Data scientist .

Here's a more detailed roadmap for becoming a data scientist, including specific chapters/topics to cover and recommended platforms for practical use: Year 1: 1. Month 1-2: Understand the Role and Mathematics    - Introduction to Data Science    - Basic Mathematics for Data Science Platforms: Coursera, edX, Khan Academy 2. Month 3-5: Programming and Data Manipulation    - Introduction to Python    - Python for Data Analysis    - Exploratory Data Analysis Platforms: Codecademy, DataCamp, Kaggle 3. Month 6-8: Machine Learning Fundamentals    - Supervised Learning:      - Linear Regression      - Logistic Regression      - Decision Trees and Random Forests    - Evaluation Metrics and Cross-Validation    - Regularization Techniques Platforms: Coursera (Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course), Kaggle 4. Month 9-10: Data Visualization and Communication    - Data ...