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## [Data Science Programs Need More Emphasis on Data and Scientific Thinking, Less on Math/Stat/CS](https://community.pipelinedatascience.org/t/data-science-programs-need-more-emphasis-on-data-and-scientific-thinking-less-on-math-stat-cs/84)

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**Author:** [@Dwight](https://community.pipelinedatascience.org/u/Dwight)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://community.pipelinedatascience.org/t/data-science-programs-need-more-emphasis-on-data-and-scientific-thinking-less-on-math-stat-cs/84 "2026-02-18T03:39:44Z")

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At last Friday’s workshop we ran out of time to fully explore the question: “\[Is\] data science just statistics?” In my view, “data science” is not just statistics, but rather, at its core, it is more-or-less exactly wha…