Learn in the textbookData Science and Modeling & Simulation
DefinitionA data scientist (データサイエンティスト) is a specialist who analyzes large volumes of data and extracts insights the business can use.
ExplanationAnalytical skill alone is not enough, because reading what the numbers mean takes business knowledge too. With sales data, for instance, statistics will not help you ask useful questions unless you also know how that business works.
AnalogyThink of a detective who gathers clues at the scene, forms a theory, and walks the client through it with the evidence.
Memory hook"Scientist" is right there in the name: the job means forming hypotheses and testing them.