analyzing-the-analyzers

APPENDIX ASurvey DetailsDesign and InvitationThe survey was created on KwikSurveys.com (note: hacked, closed,and reopened under new management since we used it). The first pagedescribed the survey, stated our privacy policy, and thanked participants.The second page posed the skills-sorting task. The third pageasked about education and experiences. The fourth page asked aboutprofessional web presence. The fifth page asked about selfidentificationand had some basic demographic questions. The finalpage thanked the participant and provided a link to send to others.After testing, we posted links on social and professional networkingsites, emailed friends and colleagues, and so forth. A sample personalinvitation was:As someone in the broad Analytics / Data Science / Big Data / AppliedStats / Machine Learning space, would you be willing to take a briefsurvey? Three of us in the DC Data Science community wonderedabout the ways that skills and experiences of practitioners in thesefields vary, and are collecting some data to help us learn more. Byparticipating, you would help us define these new fields better, andwe hope the results will help people such as yourself talk about howyour skills and your work fit in with everyone else’s. Should take 10minutes or less!29