Question 1 Hal Varian, the chief economist at Google, declared that "the sexy job in the next ten years will be ___________________". Statisticians. Engineers. Computer Scientists. Physicists. Question 2 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. Question 3 According to the reading, the author defines data science as the art of uncovering the hidden secrets in data. False. The author defines data science as what data scientists do. Question 4 What is admirable about Dr. Patil’s definition of a data scientist is that it limits data science to activities involving machine learning. False. What is admirable about his definition is that it does not limit data science to activities involving machine learning. Question 5 According to the reading, what characteristics are said to be exhibited by the best data scientists? Really curious people who ask good questions. Really curious engineers and statisticians. Curious individuals who ask good questions and are O.K. dealing with unstructured situations. Really curious people who ask good questions and have at least 10 years of experience. Thinkers who are really curious and hold a Ph.D.
Course Name: – Introduction to Data Science Module 1: Defining data science Question 1. In the report by the McKinsey Global Institute, by 2018, it is projected that there will be a shortage of people with deep analytical skills in the United States. What is the size of this shortage?
Question 2. How is Walmart reported to have addressed its analytical needs?
Question 3. In the reading, the New York Times reported the base salary for data scientists as:
Module 2: What do data science people do? Question 1. In the reading, what was the real added value of the research?
Question 2. In the reading, what is an example of a question that can be put to a regression analysis?
Question 3. Who developed the statistical technique known as Regression?
Module 3: Data science in Business Question 1. In the reading, what is the ultimate purpose of analytics:
Question 2. In the reading, the report successfully did the job of:
Question 3. In this reading, what is the role of the data scientist?
Module 4: Use cases for data science Question 1. An introductory section is always helpful in:
Question 2. The results section is where you present:
Question 3. In the reading, what is an example of housekeeping?
Module 5: Data Science People Question 1. In the reading, how does the author define ‘data science’?
Question 2. In the reading, what is admirable about Dr. Patil’s definition of a ‘data scientist’?
Question 3. In the reading, what characteristics are said to be exhibited by “The best” data scientists?
Introduction to Data Science Cognitive Class Final Exam Answers Question 1. In the reading, the output of a data mining exercise largely depends on:
Question 2 In the reading, what are some of the steps down the data mine?
Question 3. What should you do when data are missing in a systematic way?
Question 4. What is an example of a data reduction algorithm?
Question 5. What should be a prime concern for storing data?
Question 6. What is a good starting point for data mining?
Question 7. When evaluating mining results, data mining and evaluating becomes:
Question 8. When establishing data mining goals, the accuracy expected from the results also influences the:
Question 9. When processing data, what factor can lead to errors in data?
Question 10. “Formal evaluation could include testing the predictive capabilities of the models on observed data to see how effective and efficient the algorithms have been in reproducing data.” This is known as:
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