March 1, 2021

Buffalo State Data Talk

Episode 8: Decision making and bias, an interview with Peter Yacobucci from Buffalo State College

 

Episode 8 features Peter Yacobucci, associate professor of political science and public administration at Buffalo State College. Peter walks us through how he collects and analyzes data and how his results have influenced the decisions of future court rulings. Tune in to hear how his round-about pathway lead to a career in analytics and his advice for how to be successful in your career. 

0:00 Introduction 

1:01 Peter’s Research 

4:10 The Hobby Lobby case 

8:08 Peter’s career path 

13:24 Living in Buffalo 

14:41 Data Science in Political Science 

17:41 Skills needed to be a data scientist 

20:48 Outlook for Data Scientist jobs 

21:47 Outro

 

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