though there's nothing in 'data scientist' that implies it's singular. Substitute 'numbers' for data, which is obviously plural (and has a similar meaning here), and you get 'numbers scientist', which is fine (or, if the concept jars a little, consider 'data expert/numbers expert').
Clearly, it is correct to treat it as a plural noun; and, even if you think it can be a singular noun as well, then the plural of 'data' is 'data' ("here is the data for Monday; the data for Tuesday and Wednesday are also available"
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The use of 'datums' in surveying is a bit different; the Oxford English Dictionary explicitly says that the plural of 'datum' is 'data' except for the surveying use (and 'datum' to mean an item of information, with plural 'data', dates back to 1630, while the surveying usage only dates from 1795).
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