You and your friends are making a virtual pet shelter game!
It's been pretty successful so far, but there's always work to do. Your job as a Data Scientist is to make sure the team is making the right decisions to keep your users happy.
On Monday morning one of the programmers for the app comes over to your desk.
Take a guess at what data you want to look at before you answer her question. Choose carefully, you can only pick one!
Tell the programmer to fix Toby now. We can fix Sabrina later!
Tell the programmer not to fix Toby until she is sure that her code won't break Sabrina.
One of your friends has some free time today and is offering to draw a new type of pet for your app! What should they add?
Take a guess at what data you want to look at before you decide. Choose carefully, you can only pick one!
| Coworker Name | Favorite Animal |
|---|---|
| Evie | Cockatoo |
| Jacob | Crow |
| Connor | Snake |
| Kassandra | Hare |
| Alexi | Alligator |
| Desmond | Goldfinch |
Ask your friend to add some birds!
Ask your friend to draw you some bunnies!
The project manager stops by your desk and shows you a problem she has with the app on her iPad.
None of the animal pictures show up!
She says that it's been like this for a really long time, and she wants to know how important it is to fix this.
You should tell the programmer to fix this right away!
You should tell the programmer to get to this when she can.
You meet the social media expert in the hall and he looks worried. You ask him what's going on and he says:
You agree to help him out by taking a look at the data yourself.
| Country | App Users | Poll Responders |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 231 | 216 |
| UK | 422 | 410 |
| Antarctica | 1 | 832 |
| Canada | 168 | 83 |
Tell him that the poll is probably accurate. You should respect the theme that the users chose!
Tell him that there was definitely cheating going on, and he should figure out a different way of deciding on the next theme.
The community manager is trying to figure out how to include more users.
They say that the events they run in the game don't seem to attract many people. They're wondering if they're just running events on the wrong days!
Can you help?
You tell them to schedule more events on the weekends.
You tell them to schedule more events on weekdays.
The project manager says that one of the investors called and it would mean a lot to them if the team adds her dogs to the app.
The team is excited and ready to do this, but it's Friday! They can only get one of the dogs done in time for the weekend.
The investor has a golden retriever and a french bulldog. Which should be added?
| Country | Most Popular Dog | App Users |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Golden Retriever | 231 |
| UK | French Bulldog | 422 |
| Antarctica | Penguin | 1 |
| Canada | Mixed-breed | 168 |
You should add her golden retriever, Fluffles.
You should add her french bulldog, Ruffles.
A data scientist is an important member of the team! Without someone who knows what data to look for (and how to read it), the team would only be guessing at what their users want. It's your job to make sure the best decisions are made using the information you have!
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