Data science is an interdisciplinary field that uses techniques from computer science, statistics, mathematics and domain knowledge to extract insights from vast amounts of data. Data science has become highly desirable due to the abundance of data being collected from various sources such as the web, financial transactions, social networks, and scientific projects. Data scientists analyze this 'big data' to discover patterns and make predictions to help organizations make better decisions. They bring structure to data through techniques such as data mining, machine learning, and statistical modeling.