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Big data can be handled by data scientists

Big data can be handled by data scientists

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Big data can be handled by data scientists

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- [Instructor] When people think about big data, they often think that that's a thing for data scientists. That data scientists can take care of it. I'm here to tell you that that's a myth. Big data can not just be handled by your data scientist. So let's take a look though, at what a modern data scientist really is, and what their skill set's like. First and foremost, data scientists are known for their ability to perform statistical analysis. This also usually goes well with a fondness for numbers and a good grasp on math. In this category, we have really exciting things like machine learning and experimental design, bayesian inference, all things that are outside of big data. They're just ways of understanding the world around us that don't necessarily directly correlate with big data systems, even though there's obviously data involved. Next, programming and databases. This is an area that is core to a data scientists role, however, they're not typically interested in building…

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