What Field of Expertise Do You Study or Work In? [POLL]

Posted May 2, 2008 to Miscellaneous Data by Nathan  /  49 responses

People from lots of different fields have emailed me during the course of FlowingData, and I continue to be surprised by the wide reader diversity. So naturally, I'm interested to know what fields all of you study or work in. If you select the Other option, please do leave your "other field" in the comments, or if you are some mix of everything, I'd be interested to hear about that too.

What field of expertise do you study or work in?
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49 responses to "What Field of Expertise Do You Study or Work In? [POLL]"
  • Ryan
    May 2, 2008, 2:14 am

    I love how Statistics is the first choice LOL. A psychometrician would argue that the answer choices should be ordered alphabetically, or at random. Kidding ;-)


  • Clint
    May 2, 2008, 2:17 am

    Web Analytics


  • Ryan
    May 2, 2008, 2:17 am

    The results (so far) are very interesting. I was surprised. :-)


  • Elaine
    May 2, 2008, 2:28 am

    I’m an information designer. I picked design, thank goodness, because I don’t actually have to create the statistics or do the math or study economics, just chart the answers!


  • Cristóbal Palmer
    May 2, 2008, 2:34 am

    Studying Information Science, working as a sysadmin for ibiblio.org


  • srikanth
    May 2, 2008, 2:44 am

    Human-Computer Interaction, hard to fit that into any of your categories!


  • Andy
    May 2, 2008, 2:57 am

    Mechanical Engineering.


  • David
    May 2, 2008, 3:06 am

    Law


  • Saket
    May 2, 2008, 4:34 am

    Electrical engineering with a strong interest in data visualization


  • Jack
    May 2, 2008, 5:14 am

    Philosophy Undergrad


  • Nicole
    May 2, 2008, 5:14 am

    Information Science


  • Paul
    May 2, 2008, 5:48 am

    Electrical engineering, but also dealing a lot with risk


  • Peter
    May 2, 2008, 6:30 am

    Social Research


  • Tebogo
    May 2, 2008, 7:10 am

    Statistical/ Mathematical Modeling with strong interest in Data Visualisation techniques


  • Margreet
    May 2, 2008, 7:49 am

    History


  • Andrew Pratley
    May 2, 2008, 7:55 am

    I guess if we an ‘other’ category we put out area in the comments? Me? Manufacturing (industrial) engineering mainly and a part time PhD in engineering management/statistics (SEM).


  • Tony
    May 2, 2008, 8:38 am

    Business Analytics

    Wow, there are a lot of different backgrounds…


  • Paulo Colacino
    May 2, 2008, 9:23 am

    Other > business intelligence (information visualization)


  • Neil
    May 2, 2008, 9:25 am

    biologist (molecular/computational)


  • Simon Worth
    May 2, 2008, 9:25 am

    Business Intelligence


  • michael
    May 2, 2008, 9:48 am

    Psychology


  • mike_d
    May 2, 2008, 9:50 am

    Media studies.


  • the Rising Jurist
    May 2, 2008, 9:53 am

    Law


  • Mark
    May 2, 2008, 10:16 am

    Journalism


  • M Smith
    May 2, 2008, 10:23 am

    Accountant


  • DaveW
    May 2, 2008, 10:51 am

    Other: I’m a travel writer and photographer.


  • Dan
    May 2, 2008, 10:58 am

    Research project manager - I hire writers, statisticians, interviewers, designers and others on a project-by-project basis. We produce research papers designed to raise the profile of big companies - “thought leadership” - kind of corporate image advertising, but with substance, and aimed at leaders in business and government.


  • Chris
    May 2, 2008, 11:27 am

    Marketing, is there anything else?

    I mainly do SEM work (and a little SEO).


  • Jeff
    May 2, 2008, 11:43 am

    Consulting - Financial Data Analysis


  • Ed
    May 2, 2008, 1:09 pm

    Design


  • JC
    May 2, 2008, 1:18 pm

    architecture


  • Amy West
    May 2, 2008, 2:11 pm

    I’m a librarian.


  • Dave
    May 2, 2008, 5:41 pm

    Sociology


  • bea
    May 2, 2008, 5:55 pm

    medicine


  • Trevor
    May 2, 2008, 8:00 pm

    Like Chris, above, I am a marketer. Being able to show your clients exactly how their page is failing through use of analytics and well-presented data is crucial when you’re an independant consultant who has to prove his value. :D


  • KW
    May 2, 2008, 8:01 pm

    Crosscutting data analysis


  • Hilary Mason
    May 3, 2008, 12:03 am

    Computer Science and New Media!


  • Max
    May 3, 2008, 2:31 am

    financial services - investment research


  • Lee
    May 3, 2008, 7:39 am

    Resource Planning for a Utility - so a healthy combination of Engineering, Economics, & Finance


  • CW
    May 3, 2008, 4:58 pm

    Computer Engineering


  • Heather
    May 3, 2008, 10:13 pm

    Librarian


  • Sandy
    May 4, 2008, 1:05 am

    Education


  • SN
    May 5, 2008, 10:52 am

    Librarian


  • Sara
    May 5, 2008, 12:05 pm

    Institutional Research - aka Higher Education data analysis and reporting.


  • Michael
    May 5, 2008, 6:42 pm

    Web Analytics


  • alex
    May 6, 2008, 9:43 am

    Other: Instructional Design (i.e. designing the educational content for interactive learning)


  • Ivan
    May 6, 2008, 12:10 pm

    I am a project manager working on project controls.


  • Lynn Marentette
    May 9, 2008, 9:13 pm

    I’m a school psychologist, so I spend some of my time with student and education-related data.

    I was a student in an information visualization class this semester and learned about you from my professor.


  • Lynn Marentette
    May 9, 2008, 9:14 pm

    sorry, wrong email in my last comment.


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