Tag Archives: career choice

Data Science

Referring to Variables in Processing Data is Different in SAS Compared to R

Posted on by Monika Wahi
When doing data processing, especially extract-transform-load (ETL) into a data warehouse, you might need to refer to the variables in your code, and it's done differently in SAS vs. R.
28
Jan

Referring to variables in processing is different conceptually when thinking about SAS compared to R. I explain the differences in my blog post.

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Career Development

Researching Data Science Companies: How to Evaluate Your Future Employer

Posted on by Monika Wahi
You should research companies offering data science job positions before scheduling an interview, because you do not want to be surprised during the hiring process.
17
Jan

Researching data science companies who might be your future employers, but you don’t know where to start? Read my blog post to learn my simple approach.

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Educational Resources

Wondering if You Will Like Healthcare Research? Try This: Data Collection

Posted on by Monika Wahi
Learn data science skills online in order to develop data collection materials
22
Jun

If you are not sure if you will like doing research in healthcare, instead of starting with big data, start with data collection and get to know the data as it comes into the dataset.

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Career Development

Healthcare Data Science Newbie Do-it-Yourself Starter Kit

Posted on by Monika Wahi
The tools for healthcare data science include both descriptive and inferential statistics
21
Jun

Monika posts her “data science newbie do-it-yourself starter kit”, with links to cheap or free learning resources for the data science newbie who wants to get started in healthcare analytics.

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