what is data science coursera week 1 quiz answers
Data Science: The Sexiest Job in the 21st Century
1. Walmart addressed its analytical needs by approaching Kaggle to host a competition for analyzing its proprietary data.
- True.
- False.
2. What is the average base salary of a data scientist reported by the New York Times?
- $100.000
- $150,000
- $112.000
- $16 per hour
- $85.000 + Bonus
3. According to professor Haider, the three important qualities to possess in order to succeed as a data scientist are curious, judgemental, and proficient in programming.
- False.
- True.
What Makes Someone a Data Scientist?
4. According to the reading, how does the author define data science?
- Data science is a way of understanding things and understanding the world.
- Data science is what data scientists do.
- Data science is the art of uncovering the hidden secrets in data.
- Data science is some data and more science.
- Data science is a physical science like physics or chemistry
5. According to the reading, what is admirable about Dr. Patil's definition of a data scientist?
- His definition excludes statistics.
- His definition limits data science to activities involving machine learning.
- His definition is about weaving strong narratives into analytics.
- His definition is inclusive of individuals from various academic backgrounds and training.
6. According to the reading, what characteristics are said to be exhibited by the best data scientists?
- Curious individuals who ask good questions and are O.K. dealing with unstructured situations.
- Really curious people who ask good questions and have at least 10 years of experience.
- Really curious engineers and statisticians.
- Really curious people who ask good questions.
- Thinkers who are really curious and hold a Ph.D.
Shuffle Q/A
7. According to the reading, the author defines data science as the art of uncovering the hidden secrets in data.
- False.
- True.
8. What is admirable about Dr. Patil's definition of a data scientist is that it limits data science to activities involving machine learning.
- True.
- False.
9. According to the reading, the characteristics exhibited by the best data scientists are those who are curious, ask good questions, and are O.K. dealing with unstructured situations.
- True.
- False.
