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Data science, an Uncommon card
Data science is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses statistics, scientific computing, scientific methods, processing, scientific visualization, algorithms, coding, and systems to extract or extrapolate knowledge from potentially noisy, structured, or unstructured data.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Data science quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Data science card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A data scientist is a ______ who creates programming code and combines it with statistical knowledge to summarize data.
Answer
professional. A data scientist is a professional who creates programming code and combines it with statistical knowledge to summarize data. From the Data science article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mathias Boe. Mathias Boe 75 · Data science 68 · Stephen Straus 65 · Adolphe Sax 62 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Pi Day. Pi Day 320,000 · Ship of the line 230,000 · Data science 180,000 · Stephen Straus 950 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A data scientist is a professional who creates programming code and combines it with statistical knowledge to summarize data.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Data science article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Data science
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Data science (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

