What is Data Science Quiz 2 Answer

What is Data Science

What Makes Someone a Data Scientist

Quiz 2-- What Makes Someone a Data Scientist?

Q1) Hal Varian, the chief economist at Google, declared that "the sexy job in the next ten years will be

Physicists

Statisticians

Engineers

Computer Scientists

Q2) The author defines a data scientist as someone who finds solutions to problems by analyzing data using appropriate tool and then tells stories to communicate their finding to the relevant stakeholders.

True

False

Q3) According to the reading, the author defines data science as the art of uncovering the hidden secrets in data.

True

False

Q4) What is admirable about Dr. Patil's definition of a data scientist is that it limits data science to activities involving machine learning.

True

False

Q5) According to the reading, the characteristics exhibited by the best data scientists are those who are curious, ask good questions, and are O.K. dealing with unstructured situations.

True

False

Extra Questions

Q1) Hal Varian, the chief economist at Google, declared that “the sexy job in the next ten years will be computer scientists”.

True

False

Q2) According to the reading, how does the author define data science?

Data science is what data scientists do.
Data science is some data and more science.
Data science is a physical science like physics or chemistry
Data science is the art of uncovering the hidden secrets in data.
Data science is a way of understanding things and understanding the world.

Q3) According to the reading, what is admirable about Dr. Patil’s definition of a data scientist?

His definition excludes statistics.
His definition limits data science to activities involving machine learning
His definition is about weaving strong narratives into analytics.
His definition is inclusive of individuals from various academic backgrounds and training.

Q4) According to the reading, the characteristics exhibited by the best data scientists are those who are curious, ask good questions, and have at least 10 years of experience.