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With or Without Your Knowing: Automatic Data Collection
TrendingThere are many ways to collect data including surveys, interviews and research experiments. Most data is collected with the knowledge and consent of the people involved. But in recent decades, with the growth of the Internet and other computer…

What’s in the Words: Text Analysis
Industry FundamentalsWhile it takes human judgment to determine the usefulness of statistical analysis, analyzing quantitative data using the many statistical methods available to us is a relatively straightforward process. Analyzing qualitative data, on the other…

Preparing for One-on-One Interview
Career Overview and OutlookThe one-on-one interview is one of several techniques that researchers use to collect qualitative data. An interview is used to gather more detailed information than a survey or questionnaire can generally do. Interviews are used for a variety…

Five Ways to Spot a Fake Data Scientist in an Interview
Career Overview and OutlookWith a high median base salary of more than $116K and accolades including “2016’s Best Job in America” and “the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century,” the data scientist is becoming an attractive professional role. As more people apply…

Top Data Science Companies
Career Overview and OutlookFrom being called “Sexiest Job of the 21st Century” by Harvard Business Review 1 to “Best Job in America” by Glassdoor,2 the highly regarded data scientist seems to be the career to strive for these days. With a median base salary of…