From the course: Lessons from Data Scientists

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How data scientists can help decision-makers

How data scientists can help decision-makers

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How data scientists can help decision-makers

- At my job as a system engineer, I work with data scientists to enable the proper decision-making process. Their ability to present the information in a clear, succinct way it really enables me and other decision-makers to do the right decision. You can trust the data with a simple rule that I actually follow all the time which is seeing is believing. And so as a data scientist, a good advice I would have for anybody is to instead of talking about Excel spreadsheets and kind of crunching through those numbers, a simple graph or simple imagery will go a long way in convincing not just your system engineers, or your boss, or your external teams, but seeing is believing can really drive a lot of trust in the data science process flow, as well as the value. So for you if you're trying to impress the decision-maker, the number one thing is really kind of coming up with not necessarily the flashiest graph, it doesn't need to…

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