Data Assassins 5ever: The Smiliest Summer Practicum Team to Exist

4 graduate students in suits in chairs and one graduate student in a suit leaning on the floor

On the first day of class, five MSA students, randomized into a team, ventured through the Institute of Advanced Analytics on a scavenger hunt for tiny pictures of Dr. Rappa and conference rooms named after trees. In this moment, the Data Assassins, formerly known as Blue 12, was born. This Continue reading Data Assassins 5ever: The Smiliest Summer Practicum Team to Exist

A Guide to Colorblind-Friendly Visualizations

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At the Institute for Advanced Analytics, we spend a lot of time honing our communication skills. This surprised me at first. Coming from a background in statistics, I had always spent more time thinking about the tests I was running or the models I was building than the presentation of Continue reading A Guide to Colorblind-Friendly Visualizations

5 Must-Do’s before an MSA Interview at the Institute for Advanced Analytics

If you are reading this after getting invited to an interview at the Institute of Advanced Analytics – Congrats! Take a moment to celebrate this achievement; it is not easy to reach this point.  It is a great sign that you have made it to the interview process, but even Continue reading 5 Must-Do’s before an MSA Interview at the Institute for Advanced Analytics