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The document provides an introduction to Data Science, outlining its definition as an interdisciplinary field that utilizes statistical techniques and algorithms to derive insights from data. It details the key components of Data Science, including data collection, cleaning, exploration, modeling, evaluation, and deployment. Additionally, it describes the Data Science lifecycle, which encompasses problem definition, data acquisition, wrangling, exploratory data analysis, modeling, evaluation, and communication.

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The document provides an introduction to Data Science, outlining its definition as an interdisciplinary field that utilizes statistical techniques and algorithms to derive insights from data. It details the key components of Data Science, including data collection, cleaning, exploration, modeling, evaluation, and deployment. Additionally, it describes the Data Science lifecycle, which encompasses problem definition, data acquisition, wrangling, exploratory data analysis, modeling, evaluation, and communication.

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**Title: Introduction to Data Science ‒ Lecture Notes**


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### **Introduction to Data Science**


**Lecture Notes / Study Guide**

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#### **1. What is Data Science?**

Data Science is an interdisciplinary field that uses statistical techniques, algorithms, data
analysis, and machine learning to extract knowledge and insights from structured and
unstructured data.

**Key Components:**
- Data Collection
- Data Cleaning
- Data Exploration (EDA)
- Modeling
- Evaluation
- Deployment

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#### **2. The Data Science Lifecycle**

1. **Problem Definition**
2. **Data Acquisition** ‒ APIs, CSVs, SQL, Web Scraping
3. **Data Wrangling** ‒ Handling missing values, outliers
4. **EDA (Exploratory Data Analysis)** ‒ Visualizations, correlations
5. **Modeling** ‒ Linear Regression, Classification, Clustering
6. **Evaluation** ‒ Accuracy, F1-score, Confusion Matrix
7. **Communication** ‒ Reporting, dashboards, stakeholder updates

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