Data science is the foundation of our modern world. It underlies applications used by billions of people every day, providing new tools, forms of entertainment, economic growth, and potential solutions to difficult, complex problems. These opportunities come with significant societal consequences, raising fundamental questions about issues such as data quality, fairness, privacy, and causation. In this book, four leading experts convey the excitement and promise of data science and examine the major challenges in gaining its benefits and mitigating its harms. They offer frameworks for critically evaluating the ingredients and the ethical considerations needed to apply data science productively, illustrated by extensive application examples. The authors' far-ranging exploration of these complex issues will stimulate data science practitioners and students, as well as humanists, social scientists, scientists, and policy makers, to study and debate how data science can be used more effectively and more ethically to better our world.

Author: Alfred Z. Spector, Peter Norvig, Chris Wiggins
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/20/2022
Pages: 335
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.69h x 6.69w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781009272209


Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2023