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Suppose there exists a new airline named Jetco that flies domestically across North America. Jetco recently had a study commissioned that tested the boarding time of every airline, and it came out that Jetco had the fastest average boarding times of any airline.

What factors could have biased this result, and what would you look into?

What could potentially bias the average boarding time in favor of an airline that only flies domestically?

What could potentially bias the average boarding time in favor of an airline that only flies domestically?

Boarding Times Bias

A new airline came out as the fastest average boarding times compared to other airlines.  What factors could have biased this result and what would you look into?

You are testing hundreds of hypotheses with many t-tests. What considerations should be made?

What is a key disadvantage of the F-test when compared to multiple t-tests?

What is a key disadvantage of the F-test when compared to multiple t-tests?

Hundreds of Hypotheses

You are testing hundreds of hypotheses with many t-tests. What considerations should be made?

Let’s say we have a table with an <code>id</code> and <code>name</code> fields. The table holds over 100 million rows and we want to sample a random row in the table without throttling the database.

Write a query to randomly sample a row from this table.

Input:

<code>big_table</code> table

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Columns</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>name</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Write a query to randomly sample a row from a big table.

Random SQL Sample

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Korn Ferry is partnering with our client in the search for a senior business Intelligence (BI) Data Analyst. The Sr. Financial Data (Business Intelligence) Analyst brings a data driven approach to solving company problems and providing strategic insight. The role will entail ownership of key projects across the company and include gathering, cleaning, and optimizing data for building dashboards, reports, models, and analysis. The ideal candidate is curious about seeing solutions in sprawling data sets and the business mentality to convert insights into strategic opportunities for our company.

Job Responsibilities:
Manages complex analyses based on large scale and high dimensional operational and financial data to measure the performance of initiatives, evaluate potential operational changes, and provide actionable insights to business partners.
Research, hypothesize and develop analytical approaches for identifying, analyzing, and interpreting trends or patterns in complex data sets.
Develop benchmarks, robust reporting, interactive dashboards, and key metrics across business departments to drive strategic planning, optimize profitability, revenue, and sales growth.
Be the owner of cross-functional projects where you will examine, interpret and report results of analytical initiatives to business partners internally and externally to clients.
Uses data to build the business case for making a change to current practices, programs, or procedures. Partners with stakeholders on the design, testing, implementation, and evaluation of business process changes to improve business outcomes. May lead or provide support to the implementation and evaluation of sophisticated business process changes.
Develops, updates, and analyzes metrics to determine operational and financial performance.
Perform all other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in related field and 4 years of experience or master’s degree with 2 years of experience.
Strong skills in Excel, PowerPoint and experience with at least one data visualization tool like Qlikview/Qliksense, Power BI, Tableau etc. Qlikview/Qliksense preferred.
Proficiency in SQL/Snowflake or any other relational database.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and employ critical thinking to address business challenges.
Proven ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret complex data into presentations and visualizations.
Self-motivated to learn new concepts and participate in new projects, have a can-do attitude and continual improvement mindset to look for and introduce best practices and not afraid to question the status quo.
Strong attention to detail and good communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
Understanding of statistical concepts i.e. regression, decision tree, random forest etc.
Solid understanding of Python or R.
Advance degree or certificate in Statistics, Predictive Modeling, or Data Mining.
Prior proven experience in delivering analytical solutions in a predictive manner.

Salary Range: $85,000 - $110,000 plus bonus

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Job Title: Senior Software EngineerJob Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India(Hybrid- 2days) Job Description<ul><li>4- 6 years of experience with developing end to end solutions using Microsoft Stack of Technologies.</li><li>Strong working knowledge on server side development (backend - Asp.net MVC Web API, Entity Framework)</li><li>Working knowledge of Web applications, preferably Angular 8+</li><li>Good working knowledge of MSSQL – SQL, etc.</li><li>Strong working knowledge of application development using .NET, C#</li><li>Good experience in designing and working with n-tier architectures.</li><li>Hands-on experience in unit testing (XUNIT or NUNIT or MS Unit Test)</li><li>Working knowledge of Typescript, Angular 5+, HTML5 and CSS3 technologies</li><li>Should have worked on at least one SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) project</li><li>Good understanding of UML, object-oriented programming (OOP) and Object Oriented Design principles</li><li>Strong knowledge of software implementation best practices</li><li>Should have worked in an AGILE practice methodology (preferably SCRUM)</li><li>Able to provide technical recommendations and solve technical problems</li><li>Must be a quick learner and should be able to mentor the team members</li><li>Good Analytical and Problem solving Skills</li></ul> Technology skills:<ul><li>Strong and proven background in Information Technology</li><li>Strong knowledge on Design , Solid principles, Design patterns, documentation of design using UML.</li><li>Strong working knowledge of .NET, C#, MVC, Web services, Rest and WebAPI</li><li>Unit testing : XUNIT or NUNIT or MS Unit Test</li><li>TypeScript, Angular 5 or above, HTML5 and CSS3 technologies</li><li>Entity framework, SQL Server, MS SQL, Powershell</li></ul> Technology – Nice to have:<ul><li>Working knowledge of ESB or Message Queuing (MSMQ) is an added advantage</li><li>TDD/ATDD (FitNesse preferred).</li><li>Experience in mentoring developers</li></ul> QualificationsBE Computer Science/MCA or any other Bachelor’s degree with the right experience Additional InformationPREFERED CANDIDATES:<ul><li>Good communication and interpersonal skills to interact with team in Europe</li><li>BE Computer Science/MCA or any other Bachelor’s degree with the right experience</li><li>Will be an added advantage if worked on SaaS method</li></ul>

Korn Ferry has partnered with our client on their search for the role, Senior Product Manager. DESCRIÇÃOEmpresa multinacional de dispositivos médicos busca Gerente de Produto Senior para posição híbrida em São Paulo. RESPONSABILIDADES <ul><li>Gerenciar todas as iniciativas de uma linha de produtos no Brasil, abrangendo planos de marketing e negócios, segmentação de mercado, estratégias de precificação, posicionamento de produtos, promoções, ciclo de vida dos produtos, planejamento de demanda e desenvolvimento de novos projetos.</li><li>Coordenar o lançamento de novos produtos no Brasil, oferecendo suporte e desenvolvendo a rede de distribuidores.</li><li>Trabalhar em conjunto com a equipe de Vendas e outros times multidisplinares para estabelecer e executar estratégias e táticas de marketing. </li><li>Trabalhar em conjunto com as equipes de Marketing globais e regionais, fornecendo contribuições para as estratégias globais.</li><li>Ajustar as estratégias promocionais conforme necessário, incluindo marketing digital, para gerenciar o ciclo de vida dos produtos.</li></ul> REQUESITOS<ul><li>Experiência anterior como Gerente de Produto, Gerente de Grupo de Produtos, Gerente de Marketing ou correlatos;</li><li>Experiência mandatória no segmento de dispositivos médicos;</li><li>Experiência com lançamento de novos produtos;</li><li>Inglês avançado é mandatório;</li><li>Experiência anterior em posições comerciais é altamente apreciada.</li></ul> SE# 510672842

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