an emerging field in applied science with the explicit objective to parse signal from statistical noise for actionable insights.
"A data scientist is a programmer that knows statistics better than other programmers; and a statistician that knows programming better than other statisticians. A data scientist is not necessarily a good statistician or a good programmer.
API access to raw data
IMAGERY ⟶ "Vegetation has declined by 23%"
i.e., raw information into actionable information.