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In Practice > Culture
Culture
The phenomenon of big data is closely tied to the emergence of data science, a discipline that combines math, programming and scientific instinct. Benefiting from big data means investing in teams with this skillset, and surrounding them with an organizational willingness to understand and use data for advantage.
In his report, “Building Data Science Teams,” D.J. Patil characterizes data scientists as having the following qualities:
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Technical expertise: the best data scientists typically have deep expertise in some scientific discipline.
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Curiosity: a desire to go beneath the surface and discover and distill a problem down into a very clear set of hypotheses that can be tested.
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Storytelling: the ability to use data to tell a story and to be able to communicate it effectively.