The Scientific Method

Though unwittingly, A –good- Data Scientist routinely applies the Scientific method in their daily work: Formulates a problem, creates hypotheses, does experiments, gathers data, tests the compatibility of data with the hypotheses, repeats the cycle, and reports the conclusions. This is almost the definition of Data Science practice in disguise. The important thing is not to memorize these steps but to be truthful to its essence and to be rigorous in practice. Being lax in any one step of the scientific method would lead to falsities.