Data Science
WHAT IT IS:
The practice of "mining" massive data collections for knowledge or understanding. Frequently used in financial, tech and healthcare fields.
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SKILLS:
Mathematics, statistics, engineering, analytics, predictive modeling, attention to detail
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POSSIBLE CAREERS:
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Database Administrator
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Data Scientist
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Data Analyst
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Business Intelligence Analyst
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Information Scientist
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Data Science: Let's Try It!
ONLINE:
Databases can help users quickly find and access information from a huge collection of records. Many of us have already used a database and not even known it – the computerized catalog at our library! In this activity from Science Buddies, you will learn how to use wildcards like the asterisk (*) to retrieve more information when searching a database.
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UNPLUGGED:
In this activity from CS Unplugged, you will learn why it is important to organize data into a structure for easy searching. When data is sorted and organized, we can apply a binary search algorithm which is much faster than searching sequentially.
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