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Anthropology and Your Day Job Ted Coxworth Director of Analytics, Progrexion Setting the Stage About Me Director of Analytics, Progrexion Mid-size (~2k employees) personal finance company focused on credit repair My job: answer questions with data, stats, and science. What does that mean? An Example: Do Surveys Help? Total Collections $350 $319 $300 Lift from Survey? $285 $285 $244 $250 $219 $198 $200 $253 $177 $142 $150 $127 $100 Are completers different? If so, we should compare them to similar customers in the control group. $75 $67 $50 $1 Month 2 Month 3 Month Control 4 Month Complete & Partial Complete 5 Month 6 Month An Example: Do Surveys Help? Total Collections $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $0 1 Month 2 Month Modelled Mean 3 Month Modelled 95% CI 4 Month Observed Mean 5 Month 6 Month Observed 95% CI Survival 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 1 Month 2 Month Modelled Mean 3 Month Modelled 95% CI 4 Month Observed Mean 5 Month 6 Month Observed 95% CI No lift from Survey. About Me Director of Analytics, Progrexion Mid-size (~2k employees) personal finance company focused on credit repair My job: answer questions with data, stats, and science. What does that mean? Anthropologist BA, MS, and PhD – all in Anthropology Lots of research (i.e., data, stats, and science) About Me What Anthropology Taught Me Science is fun – and practical. Useful perspective on the human animal. Statistics are incredibly handy inventions. Human behavior Particle physics Automotive manufacturing Netflix recommendations Buzzfeed quizzes (nope) What Anthropology Taught Me Soft skills Curiosity Communication Tenacity Hard skills Programming Scientific process What I Would Do Differently More Formal training in stats and modeling Coding / computer science Less/Fewer English classes Hand wringing Get In Touch Ted Coxworth Phone: (801) 204-5122 Email: [email protected]