Laura Friese
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Education
- Graduated from UVA with a major in Interdisciplinary Statistics with a concentration in Mathematical Statistics
- Relevant Coursework: STAT 3559: Data Analytics and Decision Making, STAT 3080: From Data to Knowledge, STAT 3220: Intro to Regression Analysis, STAT 3130: Design and Analysis of Sample Surveys, STAT 4995: Statistical Consulting Work Experience
- Research Assistant at UVA: January 2016 – January 2017 o Worked under Prof. Tong, in the UVA Psychology department o Learned some coding in R and how to use various R modelling packages o Gave a presentation about Mixtools, a Mixture Modelling package in R
- Statistics in Forensic Workshop: May 2016
o Worked with my team researching the statistics involved in fingerprint analysis o Presented our project, and sent our findings to UVA to be used by statisticians, providing them with background information that might aid in their research
- J-term Course: STAT 3559: Data Analytics and Decision Making: January 2017 o Analyzed a big data set in teams using SAS and Tableau o Presented our findings to representatives of several companies looking for Data Analysts as our capstone project
o Gained experience with data visualization software
- Worked as a Server for College Inn Restaurant: October 2016-September 2017 o Improved my ability to work as part of a team and communicate o Dealt with customers on a personal level and with professionalism Special Skills
- Experience in the following statistical software: o R
o SAS
o Python
o Tableau
- Proficient in Spanish
- Excellent Writing Skills