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* 'master' of github.com:DataScienceSpecialization/courses:
  Added the hunger.csv file
  Edited the project file. It's still different on Coursera
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  Typo in Lec 01-01-03, Afriad -> Afraid
  updated jeff's lectures
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rdpeng committed Apr 25, 2014
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## The key challenge in data science

"Ask yourselves, what problem have you solved, ever, that was worth solving, where you knew knew all of the given information in advance? Where you didn’t have a surplus of information and have to filter it out, or you didn’t have insufficient information and have to go find some?"
"Ask yourselves, what problem have you solved, ever, that was worth solving, where you knew all of the given information in advance? Where you didn’t have a surplus of information and have to filter it out, or you didn’t have insufficient information and have to go find some?"

<img src="../../assets/img/01_DataScientistToolbox/meyer.jpg" height=100 /> [Dan Myer, Mathematics Educator](http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html)

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* Data cleaning
* Analysis
* Data reporting
* It has one of the best development enviroments - Rstudio [http://www.rstudio.com/](http://www.rstudio.com/)
* It has one of the best development environments - Rstudio [http://www.rstudio.com/](http://www.rstudio.com/)
* It has an amazing ecosystem of developers
* Packages are easy to install and "play nicely together"

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