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A data scientist...
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Before we start...
Randal Munroe
Coye Cheshire
Nate Silve
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Big data big data big data big data big da
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Correlation is “not” causation
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Correlation is causation?
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Or causation because of extrapolation?
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And then finding/ inventing the prediction
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Significant-not significant-Significant-
not significant
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SO WHAT THIS DATA Voodoo IS DOING
PART: 1
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SO WHAT THIS DATA Voodoo IS DOING
PART: 2
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SO WHAT THIS DATA Voodoo IS DOING
(slight detour...)
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SO WHAT THIS DATA Voodoo IS DOING
(slight detour...)
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SO WHAT THIS DATA Voodoo IS DOING
Part 3
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SO WHAT THIS DATA Voodoo IS DOING
Part 4
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(Reduce)^n the Reduced (map)^n after (
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Generalization but trust me it’s not too m
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Do u wanna see a real fight?
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I cant believe it too...
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All believe in equilibrium but winner takes
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But is not economics all about ideals...
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Asymmetric and incomplete information
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Asymmetric and incomplete information (
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Chance of everything is between zero an
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What guru Bayes taught us?
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What lesson time has for us?
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And finally what causes what?
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So how easy is it?
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and how does it work out?
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and how does it work out?
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Therefore, lets plan the action
Must Have:
Know what SH*t (question) you are asking and
why…common sense, statistics, economics, domain
knowledge
Idea of how to get to the “aha” point…learn to data
collection, data cleaning, data analysis, data
modeling, data visualization
Know how to tell the world what the hell you have
done…storytelling 101
Must Have:
SQL, Python/ PERL, R, Hive, PIG, HADOOP, Database
MS Office... Ahoy!
Good to have:
Web Tech, Data Vis, OS
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Thanks to...
Google
andrew ng
josh bloom
**all images I used, are retrieved via google image search and
used for complete academic non profit purpose...
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Lets call it off...
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