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by mlyle 1154 days ago
They continue to recommend statistics. They removed data science from a sentence that also included calculus and statistics.
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> They continue to recommend statistics. They removed data science from a sentence that also included calculus and statistics.

I knew a professor from a math department from a top European university who taught data science courses who swore that data science and data mining were just marketing terms invented to sell statistics.

Thanks, reread that. I’ve corrected it but wanted to post to make sure your comment kept context.