Category: Data Science Education Week
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Getting the most from your Data Science Masters Program
Enrolling in a master’s degree program in data science or business analytics is no small feat. It takes a lot of time, determination, and money. It can all be worth it as a more fulfilling and higher paying job might be in your future. However, just earning the degree does not guarantee a job in…
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A Data Science Curriculum
This is not intended to be mapped to a set of college courses. It is intended to be a listing of necessary skills for a data scientist. For a definition of data scientist, see this previous post. Mathematics Calculus – not directly important to data science, but the knowledge is important to understand the statistics…
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Tell Someone About Data Science
Please spread the word about why data science is important. If you are excited, others will be too. If you are not sure what to say, here is a list of possible topics. What can you tell people about data science? Calculate Insurance Premiums Find a Date – OKCupid Cure Cancer, Diabetes, AIDS, or other…
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STEM Graduates Quit Because The Material Is Difficult
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Due to the difficulty of STEM degrees, it appears many students abandon the degrees in college. While this fact is not surprising, it is still concerning. Our country and world need more good people with STEM skills. A STEM degree is not essential to becoming a data…
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Learn To Code
Coding (a.k.a. computer programming) is not the primary function of a data scientist, but some coding skills are necessary. Modifying machine learning algorithms or scaling/altering data are both good examples of when writing a few lines of code could be very beneficial. Well, if you have desire to learn to code, then there is no…
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Open Source Online Statistics Book (OpenIntro)
OpenIntro is an organisation that was started to create a free and open source introductory statistics textbook. The book is available as a free PDF download, or it can be purchased in paperback from Amazon for less than $10. If you want to learn statistics or need a little refresher, check it out.
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Data Science Courses
Data Science CoursesThis is a nice collection of data science related courses offered at various colleges and universities. It is on a wiki page so you are free to ad
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College Graduates Not Ready For Big Data
This infographic displays the need for colleges and universities to start preparing more data science graduates. Browse more infographics. Graduates Not Ready For Big Data
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Do You Need College To Be A Data Scientist?
With some of the top tech entrepreneurs in the U.S. either dropping out of college or not attending, there is some debate about whether college is the right choice or not. This post will focus on college for data science. However, for college in general, if you know what you want to study, then college…
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Colleges with Data Science Degrees
Colleges and Universities are slowly starting to notice the demand for employees with data science skills. Most of the programs are not named data science, but they all focus on producing data people. Below are a couple of the programs I have noticed so far. As of September 2014, a new list with sorting and…
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Data Science Education Week
Yes, I just declared this week as Data Science Education Week. As far as I know, I have no authority to do such a thing. Hey, I did it anyway. All week I will be posting information related to data science education. So, pull up a chair and get ready for some serious data science…