Statistical Data Analyst

Meehee Cho * *** Central Parkway S te .*** Cincinnati, OH 45214

( 513) 317 - 7008 *********@*****.***

Education

Miami University O xford, OH

M aster of Science in Statistics E xpected A ug. 2 015

R elevant Coursework: S tatistical Learning, D ata Practicum, Q uality Control, T heory of Statistics, G eneral Linear

M odels, Experimental Design, T ime Series, R egression Analysis, I nferential Statistics a nd SAS Programming

U niversity of Cincinnati C incinnati, OH

B achelor of S cience i n Math ematics 2 013

R elevant Coursework: A pplied Statistics and Mathematical Statistics

Experience

N ational I nstitute for O ccupational S afety and H ealth ( NIOSH) C incinnati, OH

D ivision of Applied Research and Technology ( DART)

M athe matics and Statistics Student Trainee A ug . 2014 - P resent

C onduct statistical analysis u sing SAS o n longitudinal data to explain the relationship between the

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b iomachenic exposure, psychosocial factors and health outcome w ith minimal supervisory input and

m onitoring

U tilize s tudy designs, survey desi g n s, statistical methods, and/or statis tic al technology that demonstrate

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c reativity, independent thinking, and appropriate prioritization

I ndependently plan r esearch activities in current and on - going projects w hich, barring unforeseen

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c ircumstances, adhere closely to delivery dates and timelines originally included in project proposals

D emonstrate f lexibility in responding to changing events and competing priorities when unanticipated

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e vents occur

N ational I nst itute for O ccupational S afety and H ealth ( NIOSH) C incinnati, OH

D ivision of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies (DSHEFS)

T echnical Writer M ay 2 013 – J ul. 2014

C ombined n ew f ollow up survey d ata set s t o existing data sets u sing S AS b y compa ring and validating

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d ata

D esigned and organized questionnaire modules for H ealth Hazard Evaluations(HHE) s ite visits w ith

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c onditional skip patterns u sing data validation

O rganized questionnaire modules into multiple validated questionnaire groups with refe rences

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D esigned and launched online survey for the "HHE Brochure Evaluation" using Epi Info™ a nd analyzed the

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c ollected data

P resented data entry and analysis method using Microsoft Info Path and Epi Info™ to HHE Team

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M edical Media Intern J an. 2013 – M ay 2 013

C oded d ata entry fields o n a web - based survey for a specific I nfluenza Vaccination Survey f or Forest Hills

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S chool D istrict in Ohio using Epi Info™

A nalyze d d ata collected from t he I nfluenza Vaccination Survey, and c ollaborated with Survey Field Team

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f rom NIOSH HETAB.

A ssisted investigative team f or the D ry Cleaning Solvent Evaluations s tudy b y interpreting and speaking to

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K orean workers and managers

S ung Korean Bistro C incinnati, OH

G en eral Manager O ct. 2009 – D ec. 2012

B y observing sales patter n, predicted monthly and quarterly sales and created promotions in order to

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m aximize company profit

C onduct ed m arketing project s w ith the Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati Shakespeare Theater

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a nd Music Hall w hich increased in the number of patron p er day and daily sales

C ontracted with L ivingsocial f or promotion and yielded $18,000 in profit

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D etermined target demographics for future marketing project using the data set obtained by L ivingsocial

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P revious P ositions: S erver, B artender a nd Assistant Man ager O ct. 2007 – O ct. 2009

Meehee Cho 1 403 Central Parkway S te .302 Cincinnati, OH 45214

( 513) 317 - 7008 *********@*****.***

Projects

A pr. 2 014 - P resent

Ticket Sales for the Cincinnati Shakespeare Theater

F orecast the future ticket sales o f different g enres b y fitting m ultiple models by applying the survival

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a nalysis method u sing statistical software such as SAS and R

A pply different me thods to build predictive models such as, but not limited to, Bass model, logistic

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r egression, Weibull - Gamma model, neural network and the Classification And Regression Trees(CART)

m odel

C onduct data manipulation i n SAS and R w ith minimal supervisory input and monitoring

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N ov. 2 014 – D ec. 2 014

O ffice of Enrollment Management, Miami University

C onstructed a model to predict i n coming f reshman college s tudents ’ r etention rate a nd c lassified t he

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s tudents who are at risk b efore the summer.

D istinguished t he significant factors t hat are obtained before the first semester u sing the Cla ssification

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A nd Regression Tree ( CART) model

N ov. 2 014 – D ec. 2 014

N ational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH)

E valuate the accuracy of hazard banding procedure developed by the NIOSH by comparing two

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c ontractors health endpoints to those of NIOSH experts’

C oordinated analysis pla n as a leader of the group a nd ensured delivery dates were a lways m et

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K ept team members a nd the clients r egularly informed of progress and problems encountered

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O rganized meetings with the clients and the presentations to deliver the analysis result

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O ct. 2 014 – N ov. 2 014

D epart ment of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University

E stimated the metabolic cost associated with r esistant exercise u sing linear mixed effect regression model

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C onduct data manipulation in SAS and R prior to the analysis

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E nsured data, rep orts, and resp onses to inquiries or requests, w ere accurate and relevant

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S ep. 2 014 – O ct. 2 014

O pening Minds through Art (OMA)

V alidat ed C r e a tive - Expressive Abilities Assessment(CEAA) t o ol that r ates o f engagement of p eople with

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d ementia(PWD) i n seven dif ferent domains using SAS

C onducted the data analysis using the L inear Mixed Models a nd N on - parametric statistical analysis i n SAS

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a nd R

D emonstrated communication with other external professional staff for knowledge sharing and problem

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s olving

Presentations

Castricone, P., C ho, M., Gilbert, C. ( 2014, December ). N IOSH Hazard Banding . Presented at STA 660

D ata Practicum C lass i n Miami University .

B arnhard, A., C ho, M., Music, C. (2014, December). P redicting a Student’s Second Year Retention

B ased on Demog raphic and Academic Performance. P oster presented at the STA 660 Data

P racticum C lass i n Miami University.

B arnhard, A., Castricone, P., C ho, M., Sun, Z. ( 2014, October ) . C reative - Expressive Abilities

A ssessment(CEAA) Study . Presented at STA 660 Data Prac ticum C lass i n Miami University .

Skills

Technical S kills

M astery of Microsoft ® O ffice Programs i ncluding, but not limited to, E xcel a nd PowerPoint

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S AS ®, R, J MP ®, S QL, E piInfo7 TM a nd Mathematica

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F oreign Language

P roficient in written and conversational K orean

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B eginner’s level in written and conversational Japanese and Spanish

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