Introductory Junk

What is a data scientist’s primary tool of the trade? A fair (and obvious) answer is a computer, as it processes data much faster than we can. Imagine trying to do any task involving data without one, with — gasp — pencil and paper at your side, hand drawing an exhausting number of tables, graphs, and calculations for what you know would take seconds on a computer. It is pretty safe to say that data science wouldn’t…