1.3. Chapter Exercise#
Apply the key ideas from this chapter in the connected task below. Work in your own notebook or local project. Keep your implementation, reasoning, and verification results together.
1.3.1. Frame a data-science investigation#
Choose one real-data example already supplied in this chapter. State the management question, intended decision, observations, and information needed.
Map the work to the data-science process taught here and distinguish descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive aims where applicable.
Write an algorithm in plain language for one small step and explain the roles of program, language, and computer. Identify a data-quality or ethical limitation before claiming the analysis can support a decision.
Return to the chapter lessons as needed: Data Science, On Programming.