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

Buffalo State Data Talk

Mar 1 2021 • 22 mins

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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