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Educational attainment in the United States, Age 25 and Over
I wonder what the rate for men is.
Its through Northwestern. Basically a hybrid of stats, MBA, and IT. The easiest comparison is applied statistics. Hits OLS, logistic regression, econometrics, time series, survival analysis, etc. Code in SAS and R primarily. Incredibly addictive and time consuming on top of FT work and 2 kids under 2. Would recommend if you are in a related field.
Is this where we start the "Doctorate isn't in the degree name" discussion again?Meh, I'm sure those are mostly lawyers.26 docs.
This degree and a linguistics degree are approximately the most fascinating things in the world. I could seriously sit down and listen to discussion on predictive analytics for hours.
The applicability of it is unlimited. It basically is the next step in statistics. The understanding of fitting a line to a dataset is not too difficult. Being able to take data, transform it to an exponent or a a natural log or a binary variable to get a more accurate result and then take that to forecast ten periods ahead all while taking into account inflation seasonal trends etc. is insanely fascinating.
I have many questions and a career path suggestion. My only request is that you consider making me your partner.
I'm happy to answer any questions and am open to suggestions. I cannot complain about my current job and pay which the degree is applicable...to some extent.
or?or liarsMeh, I'm sure those are mostly lawyers.26 docs.
I'm absolutely certain you have a better job, and am 90% kidding, but wish to God I could find someone with your qualifications to do jury research with.
Yes. Its an online program that is for those with applicable work experience and/or background. I know "online" can have a negative attachment in some cases, but they are not handing out degrees. The degree is from Northwestern with no caveats and the classes average 18-20 hrs a week a piece. For those who work and/or have a family, its tough to take more than one class (or even one). 11 classes total so 2 3/4 years to complete.Its a great experience but very challenging. Will be happy to answer any questions about the program if you are interested.
No one cares about your CPA until they have a tax question that affects their bottom line. Then, you're their best friend (regardless of if you've ever professionally worked on a tax return in your life or not, lots of different jobs for people in accounting that might never involve professional tax preparation).
To be fair, I did learn a lot of practical skills and it was free. It's just totally unnecessary for what I currently do...but I kinda knew that going in.
Could be a side gig in the future, but the ability to do it would drastically depend on the information you have on each jury member. As a non-lawyer, I am not sure what is the extent of this data.
Do you use any tools other than SAS? I manage a BI team and we use standard reporting/analytics tools but recently rolled out Tableau (which has R integration) and we have plans to do some predictive POCs later this year. We have some business teams that use SAS now but they are isolated groups.
SAS and R are the key systems we use with a little SPSS thrown in.ETA- during my time in the program there has been a shift more towards R in the curriculum. R being open sourced has tons of advantages which includes customization and of course being free...instead of $10,000+ per person for some software licenses.
wut?
PwC here as well (well, way back when it was PW). And I took it to the PMs ...leaves more time here to get blown away by xulf's stuff.BobbyLayne said:
I do similar work, exclusively in R/Python. SAS is bad and SPSS is worse.xulf said:
75% of our senior leadership team (CEO, President, SVP of Sales, SVP of Product Management, etc) do not have masters degrees. For the great majority of people your undergrad is your ticket in the game, and then it's all based on performance. If you produce at a high level people could care less about advanced degrees. Not saying I wouldn't want a Harvard/Stanford/Wharton type MBA. Would have accelerated my career. But now I'm across the table with all of those private equity people from those schools holding my own. Osmosis is great...jon_mx said:
I'm a CPA too, so feel free to nerd it up with accounting funPwC here as well (well, way back when it was PW). And I took it to the PMs ...leaves more time here to get blown away by xulf's stuff.BobbyLayne said:
Legacy C&L, 2 years prior and 2 years after the merger. Will never forget the quote from the Coopers managing partner for EU to his colleagues in a private meeting (that somehow ended up on pg 1 WSJ) on the cultural differences. "Price is a very white shoe, starched underwear kind of firm. Coopers guys, on the other hand, tend to go commando."PwC here as well (well, way back when it was PW). And I took it to the PMs ...leaves more time here to get blown away by xulf's stuff.BobbyLayne said:
AARP, pal.Damn, you ARE old.
And the OP who is an honors student getting his Associates in Accounting...somewhere that apparently a 3.0 makes him an honors student.
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