data science

American  

[dey-tuh sahy-uhns, dat-uh] / ˈdeɪ tə ˌsaɪ əns, ˈdæt ə /

noun

Digital Technology.

1. a field that deals with advanced data analytics and modeling, using mathematics, statistics, programming, and machine learning to extract valuable, often predictive information from large data sets.

---

Etymology

Origin of data science

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

Jacobson, who works within the university’s Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, reckons the true odds may be closer to 6.5 billion to 1, at least using his department’s modeling.

From MarketWatch

Prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies, including for at-home use, rose more than eightfold in the first nine months of 2025 compared with all of 2024, according to the Iqvia Institute for Human Data Science.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Alan Turing Institute, a national centre for data science and AI, found "no evidence" that AI-enabled deepfakes or disinformation had a meaningful impact on the result of the general election in 2024.

From BBC

"Further, next-generation scientists immerse themselves in data science, in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and in electronics, and then go into industries with the deep skills they've gained while trying to answer these really difficult questions."

From Science Daily

Anika holds a bachelor's degree in statistics & data science and women's, gender & sexuality studies from Yale University, where she was editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News.

From The Wall Street Journal