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Graph-based or Network Data
                 The data that is generated from a relationship or adjacency of objects is called graph-based

                 or network data. Such type of data is found on social media websites and is a natural way to
                 represent networks.


                 Audio, video, and images
                 This type of data is the biggest challenge for data scientists because finding objects and patterns
                 turns out to be a challenging task for computers.


                 Streaming Data

                 Streaming data can take any of the aforementioned forms. It is not a different kind of data but it
                 flows into the systems instead of being loaded into a data store in batches.



                           WHY DATA SCIENCE?


                 Data  has become  an important  fuel on which industries  function  today.  For companies  to
                 grow and flourish, they need data to be analysed. This analysis then helps them measure their
                 performance  and  gauge  the  expectations  of the  market.  Healthcare  industries  also  use  data
                 science to recognise microscopic tumours and deformities at an early stage of diagnosis. The
                 person responsible for dealing with data in order to assist companies in making proper decisions
                 is called a data scientist.






                      Tick ( ) if you know this.
                      ▶   Big data refers is a term used for large dataset that is complex and is to be processed by
                         traditional data management techniques.
                      ▶   Different types of data include structured, unstructured, natural language data, etc.






                            ROLE OF DATA SCIENTIST

                 A data scientist is someone who uses
                 data  sets  to  create  a hypothesis  and

                 then works on the data set to analyse                      Subject: Application of Data Science
                 the data, interprets it and makes sense                    Companies like Netflix, Google, and Amazon
                 of it. A data scientist is responsible for                 are using data  science  to  develop  powerful
                                                                            recommendation systems for their users.
                 dealing  with  all types  of data.  He/she
                 uses  various  tools  and practises  to
                 recognise patterns within the data.




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