data scientist
[ dey-tuh-sahy-uhn-tist, dat-uh ]
/ ˈdeɪ tə ˌsaɪ ən tɪst, ˈdæt ə /
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noun Digital Technology.
a person with expertise in statistics, computer programming, and machine learning who develops models and processes for retrieving valuable information from large data sets.
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Origin of data scientist
First recorded in 2005–10
Words nearby data scientist
data point, data processing, data protection, datary, data science, data scientist, data set, data structure, dataveillance, data warehouse, datcha
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