<html> <p>Data science is a relatively new term for a relatively old discipline. Essentially, it is data analysis, particularly for large data sets. It involves techniques as wide-ranging as statistics, computer science, and information theory. What to know more? Stanford has a “<a href=„https://stanforddatascience.github.io/best-practices/index.html“ target=„_blank“>Data Science Handbook</a>” that you can read online.</p><p>Topics range from how to design a study and create an analytic plan to how to do data visualization, summarization, and analysis. The document covers quite a bit but is very concise.</p><p>Data science tends to use Python, although we aren’t sure why that is. However, you might look into the <a href=„https://jakevdp.github.io/PythonDataScienceHandbook/“ target=„_blank“>Python Data Science Handbook</a> and <a href=„https://greenteapress.com/thinkstats2/thinkstats2.pdf“ target=„_blank“>Think Stats</a> to apply what you’ve learned about data science to Python. Be sure, too, to check out Stanford Online’s <a href=„https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZalI7nT0Q&list=PLoROMvodv4rO5jY6RA1eFVcLVY2kJU_EL“ target=„_blank“>playlist</a> for Statistics and Data Science for many interesting seminars, including “How to be a Statistical Detective.”</p><p>Generating a lot of data is something sensors are good at, so it makes sense that data science and statistics techniques <a href=„https://hackaday.com/2022/04/03/using-statistics-instead-of-sensors/“>might apply</a>. Data science is supposed to be new and shiny, but in reality, it has been going on for a very long time. Ask <a href=„https://hackaday.com/2019/08/01/abraham-walds-problem-solving-lesson-is-to-seek-whats-not-there/“>World War II statistician Abraham Wald</a>.</p><p>Title graphic: by [Schutz] <a href=„https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en“ target=„_blank“>CC-SA-3.0</a>.</p><p><iframe title=„Stanford Webinar - How to Analyze Research Data: Kristin Sainani“ width=„800“ height=„450“ src=„https://www.youtube.com/embed/SpZalI7nT0Q?list=PLoROMvodv4rO5jY6RA1eFVcLVY2kJU_EL“ frameborder=„0“ allowfullscreen=„allowfullscreen“>[embedded content]</iframe></p> </html>