To offer a quick response to this question, yes, statistics are required in order to acquire a data science job. But don’t be concerned. You do not need to take a master’s level statistics course. There are a few topics/concepts that you must be familiar with before you can go:-
- Descriptive Statistics (mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation)
- Inferential Statistics (hypothesis testing, z test, t-test, significance level, p-value)
- Statistical analysis (linear regression, forecasting, logistic regression)
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