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Something about maximum likelihood, but quite specific.
Explain confounding variables. How would you calculate P-value by hand? What is p-value, and how would you characterize its pros and cons? How can we increase power in a study? Calculate sensitivity for a test/small sample. Find confidence interval of a classifier that has 99.5% accuracy. How would you test if a single die was loaded on one side? Subsequently, how would you test this with 90% power? How do you write an SAP? You are posed with a question: "What are the chances a retired person who makes >100k has a kid who makes >100k?". How would you go about solving this question? Given a list of numbers, write a function that returns a list in which each element is a tuple of the data point and its empirical cdf value. Given the name of the predictor variables, outcome variable, and name of the dataset, provide the code to perform a logistic regression. Write a function that accepts any integer and returns the sum of all the digits in the number.
Did not get the interview.
how to use the historical donation data to think up a strategy in order to help the university foundation to raise money
The case involving probability calculation was difficult. Be sure to review your probability theory before the on-site interview, although I don't see why it should determine the interview outcome.
How would you explain mean and standard deviation to someone who doesn't know statistics
None of the questions were difficult for an experienced person for the position.
Case interview. Begin with simple introduction on yourself and ends up with questions.
The classic airplane problem.
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