Data Science

Definition

Data Science is an emerging (as of 2020) interdisciplinary field that aims to extract and utilize knowledge from diverse data sets, which are typically large (see Big Data).

Components

The field is rather loosely defined as it applies to several different domains with a varying degree on reliance on:

• Computer Science and Data Engineering
• Mathematics and more specifically Statistics
• Information Visualization
• Graphic Design, and
• Business Processes

See Also

• Data Science versus Data Engineering
• Data Science versus Data Analysis
• Data Science versus Statistics