Data Scientists

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What they do:
Develop and implement a set of techniques or analytics applications to transform raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software. Apply data mining, data modeling, natural language processing, and machine learning to extract and analyze information from large structured and unstructured datasets. Visualize, interpret, and report data findings. May create dynamic data reports.
On the job, you would:
  • Analyze, manipulate, or process large sets of data using statistical software.
  • Apply feature selection algorithms to models predicting outcomes of interest, such as sales, attrition, and healthcare use.
  • Apply sampling techniques to determine groups to be surveyed or use complete enumeration methods.

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Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Data base user interface and query software

  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 Hot Technology
  • Amazon Redshift Hot Technology

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint Hot Technology

Object or component oriented development software

  • C# Hot Technology
  • Scala Hot Technology In Demand

Education

Education: (rated 4 of 5)

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