Statistician: person using data in [scientifically] rigorous ways. Data Scientist: person writings blog posts, giving talks ... about data.
Oct 31, 2012 · 8:22 PM UTC
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@eddelbuettel so you're saying you're a data scientist?
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@peteskomoroch Oh it is much worse -- as an econometrician I am eternally cursed to strive for acceptance by real statisticians.
@eddelbuettel my cynical definition: a data scientist is a statistician who is useful ;)
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@hadleywickham Well, doh, it's the inverse: a statistician is a data scientist who is useful ;-)
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@eddelbuettel The venn diagram intersects. There are statisticians who do data science (as you define it) and data scientists who do stats..
@eddelbuettel The theme of my webinar tomorrow is how data scientists need statistical models. Ergo: #identitycrisis
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