Data Scientists: Avoid These Top 4 Pitfalls

For true success, data scientists must be bilingual to effectively accomplish their work. This means being equally versed in technological jargon as well as being able to communicate with business stakeholders. When we look at where data science fails, it's usually in communications. Data science is a relatively new field, first coined in 2001 by William Cleveland to "enlarge the major areas of technical work of the field of statistics." Today, the demand for data scientists is astronomical, because company data can offer tremendous value in edging out competitors--if properly utilized.