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Data science vs. machine learning: What’s the difference?

IBM Big Data Hub

.” “Data science” was first used as an independent discipline in 2001. The fields have evolved such that to work as a data analyst who views, manages and accesses data, you need to know Structured Query Language (SQL) as well as math, statistics, data visualization (to present the results to stakeholders) and data mining.

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Data Science, Past & Future

Domino Data Lab

He also really informed a lot of the early thinking about data visualization. It involved a lot of work with applied math, some depth in statistics and visualization, and also a lot of communication skills. Predictive analytics, yeah, not so much.” I can point to the year 2001. All righty.