Let’s take a look at their Roles in an Organization

1. Data Analyst

A data analyst is responsible for studying and analyzing complex and the latest data.
They extract meaningful information from this raw data and find important trends for the
organization. . A data analyst plays multiple roles such as data collecting, data
cleansing, programming, analyzing, optimizing, visualizing, and many more.
The analysis they make and the information they find help Data Scientists to manipulate
and manage the data efficiently.
2. Data Scientist

The job of a Data Scientist includes maintaining, manipulating, and building data
models. Data scientists are experts in extracting relevant data from the pool of unrefined
data and interpreting it using statistical and mathematical skills. They convert data into
business strategies and also take part in planning business plans. The data models that
they create help the organization take well-informed decisions and gain a competitive
advantage.
They are required to have excellent data visualization and decision-making skills
alongside technical knowledge. A data scientist is regarded as a Jack of all trades
typically, a Data Scientist should have a strong background in mathematics, statistic,
and R/python langue.
They need to keep up with market trends and innovations in the data science field so
that they can device better data models and business strategies.
3. Business Analyst

Where Data Analysts and Data scientists work on data collected through different
information sources, Business Analysts study market and business trends to analyze
the organization's performance, business strategies, competitor’s performance, and
more such business-related factors.
They also analyze the different systems and business models and how they are
integrated with technology. They define the organization’s needs and develop solutions
that profit the various stakeholders of the business.

Thus, the main difference between Data Analysts and Business Analysts is core
functionality. Business Analysts work on the development of business strategies by
studying market trends; Data Analysts and Data Scientists work on developing data
models which help Business Analysts develop business strategies.