{"id":6120,"date":"2020-09-02T12:43:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T19:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/?p=6120"},"modified":"2020-09-02T17:41:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T00:41:49","slug":"statistics-vs-data-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/statistics-vs-data-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Science vs. Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Data science is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/best-tech-jobs\/\">most attractive career options<\/a> of the past couple of years, with people from all walks of life transitioning into positions that combine analysis, statistics, machine learning, programming, and computer science to draw insights out of numbers.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve been looking into data science you probably have some questions. There\u2019s a lot of confusion surrounding what data science is and what it entails, how it differs from fields like <a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/data-science-machine-learning-ai-differences\/\">machine learning<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/becoming-a-data-scientist\/\">what the journey to becoming a data scientist involves<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One common source of misunderstanding is just how data science differs from statistics, with which it has much in common.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re going to address this issue right now.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69db0921d80ef\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69db0921d80ef\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/statistics-vs-data-science\/#what-is-statistics\" >What Is Statistics?&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/statistics-vs-data-science\/#what-is-data-science\" >What Is Data Science?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/statistics-vs-data-science\/#statistics-vs-data-science-how-are-statistics-and-data-science-different\" >Statistics vs Data Science: How Are Statistics and Data Science Different?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-is-statistics\"><\/span><strong>What Is Statistics?&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/photo-1560472354-b33ff0c44a43.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6122\"\/><figcaption> Statistics let\u2019s you quantify and analyze data.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/what-is-statistics-why-is-it-important\/\">Statistics<\/a> is a field which addresses itself to the problem of appropriately collecting, processing, and drawing understanding from large quantities of information.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a highly interdisciplinary field, looking at times like mathematics, at times like philosophy, and impacting everything from psephology (the analysis of election numbers) to betting on baseball games to investing in the stock market.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of important ideas that have made their way into the popular imagination via statistics, including the difference between risk and uncertainty and the consequences of rare, high-impact \u2018black swan\u2019 events.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-is-data-science\"><\/span><strong>What Is Data Science?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/franki-chamaki-1K6IQsQbizI-unsplash-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5160\"\/><figcaption> Data should be an important part of any decision.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/careers\/data-science\">Data science<\/a> is a field lying at the intersection of computer science, programming, and statistics. Its focus is on using tools like cloud computing, parallel processing, and machine learning to guide business decisions and otherwise make sense of the world.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term \u2018data science\u2019 is notoriously hard to pin down definitively, and the problems solved by a data scientist will depend enormously on their place of work. A lot of what I do is building financial models to spot trends in the price of cryptoassets and seeing if these prices correlate with other time series data. I have a friend whose entire job is building different kinds of neural networks with TensorFlow and Keras, and another that uses so-called \u2018unsupervised learning\u2019 algorithms to find hidden patterns in legacy data.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we\u2019re all considered data scientists.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"statistics-vs-data-science-how-are-statistics-and-data-science-different\"><\/span>Statistics vs Data Science: <strong>How Are Statistics and Data Science Different?\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/photo-1496579538151-212636d0b01c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6123\"\/><figcaption>Data science and statistics have many similarities and differences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the previous two sections it\u2019s obvious that data science and statistics have a lot in common while ultimately being different.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statistics is primarily a theoretical discipline which builds tools for making sense of data and acting under uncertainty. 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