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What is data science? Part one

What is data science?

In this discussion, Steve is joined once again by Dr John Levine, Dr Marilyn Lennon and Dr Kerem Akartunali to discuss the data science process.

The data science process can be simplified into 6 steps and is an iterative process. The 6 steps are:

  1. Raw data is collected
  2. Data is processed
  3. Data is cleaned
  4. Perform exploratory data analysis
  5. Apply algorithms and models
  6. Communicate/Visualise/Report
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