Data Science Ethics: What it Means and Why it Matters

January 20, 2023

This session features The Data Incubator instructor Ana Hocevar, who discusses what data ethics means and why it matters.

Nowadays, data is used to deliver insights and drive business decisions, but while that can improve revenue, reduce costs, create new opportunities, identify new ideas, improve customer experience and more, using data comes with responsibilities and ethical challenges.

In this webinar, Ana will discuss:

What moral obligations data ethics encompasses, and why every analyst and data scientist should care
Principles of data ethics together with best practices
How data ethics relates to the use of machine-learning algorithms

Author

Pragmatic Institute

Pragmatic Institute is the transformational partner for today’s businesses, providing immediate impact through actionable and practical training for product, design and data teams. Our courses are taught by industry experts with decades of hands-on experience, and include a complete ecosystem of training, resources and community. This focus on dynamic instruction and continued learning has delivered impactful education to over 200,000 alumni worldwide over the last 30 years.

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Pragmatic Institute

Pragmatic Institute is the transformational partner for today’s businesses, providing immediate impact through actionable and practical training for product, design and data teams. Our courses are taught by industry experts with decades of hands-on experience, and include a complete ecosystem of training, resources and community. This focus on dynamic instruction and continued learning has delivered impactful education to over 200,000 alumni worldwide over the last 30 years.

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