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Data science teams will spend most of their time collecting and storing data, and then using that data to ask questions. They create reports using statistics and math to see if they can get at answers. Statistics is a very interesting field. To participate in a data science team, you need some basic understanding of the language. There are several terms you need to be familiar with as you explore statistical analysis. They are:
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Rose, D. (2016). Applying Statistical Analysis. In: Data Science. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2253-9_4
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