What do you mean by “data experiment”? I was recently asked this question by a senior medical researcher who has been teaching research methods for more than two decades. She was truly puzzled with the term, and went on to ask, “don’t all experiments need data?” She was absolutely right – there is no scientific process without data. Nevertheless, the terms “data science” and “data experiment” have become so accepted by swathes of techies. The conversation revealed the inter