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I have this notion that the power of data science comes from unifying narrative, math, and code. (narrative is a proxy for real-world issues and phenomena). Expertise in just two of the three is very limiting. Been working on a book to explore this more thoroughly. If you want to take a peek, here is the link:

persuasivepython.com/

Let me know what you think. Three new chapters will be released on Thursday.

@preposterior What's the difference between data science and statistics? I've been trying to figure this out from a distance for a few years.

@radehi There is no agreed upon definition of data science. To me, data science is statistics + some other math/computational tools that help make value out of data. I use data science to imply more than just statistical tests... things like data cleaning, visualization, decision theory, software engineering, etc.

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