This weekend, Vivian Rebrin was able to attend the second annual Women in Data Science Conference in St. Louis. The event took place in Washington University’s Emerson Auditorium. My colleague David Freni and I met some data scientists who work with our client Bayer Crop Science. We were able to listen to several women working in the industry, as well as Washington University’s Professor Liberty, describe the dangers of manipulating data for self-interest and the importance of asking the right questions. The main subject that stuck out to me was the manipulation of data. The two main brands that were affected by this in her examples were Starbucks and Uber. Each of these had their data distorted to sabotage their reputations. Her conclusion for the women in data science and entering it was to always ask these four questions when looking for results. Who was asked? What was asked? How was it interpreted? Why do we care? In the world of science, it is important to maintain humanism.
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