What is Domain Knowledge (Data Science)?In data science, the term domain knowledge refers to the general background knowledge of the field or environment to which the methods of data science are being applied. Data science, as a discipline, can be thought of as the study of tools used to model data, generate insights from data, and make decisions based on data. They are generic tools applicable to many fields such as engineering, laws, medicine, finance, etc.Data Science Subject AreasBroadly speaking, data science comprises the three main subject areas:
- Computer Science and Programming
- Statistics and Machine Learning
- Domain Knowledge
- Problem Definition
- Data Cleaning and Feature Engineering
- Model Building
- Performance Measurement
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