Why The Election Won't Dampen Data Analysts' Job Prospects
Big data journalism and polling reports got a lot wrong about this election, but demand for analysts is stronger than ever.
Big data journalism and polling reports got a lot wrong about this election, but demand for analysts is stronger than ever.
If you read blogs like FiveThirtyEight every day leading up to the election, like me, you may have felt a bit betrayed when the results came in. FiveThirtyEight's data and polling provided predictive analysis that overwhelmingly (71.4%) leaned toward a Clinton victory. Others like the New York Times (85%) and Huffington Post (98%) used data to infer that the Democrats would win by even wider margins.