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Re:Ask HN: How could a data scientist/engineer/analyst help ... by manx on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @12:13AM (#31323378)
You can try to help making better decisions, e.g. citizen participation in policy making.

One example project is Polis (https://pol.is), which is used by the government in Taiwan. They wrote a nice paper about their approach (https://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/recerca/article/view...). Maybe find ways to improve the idea? Or something completely different?

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Re:Ask HN: How could a data scientist/engineer/analyst help ... by qubex on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @06:38AM (#31325480)
Allow me to be a Debbie Downer but the whole idea of statistics and data-driven decisions sort of falls apart if people are not able to interpret the output, distrust the input, or are just cynical.

If you’re OK with having a small, unmeasurable impact I’d recommend focussing on data literacy, or helping educate people to perform your trade in the organisations they are already in.

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Re:Ask HN: How could a data scientist/engineer/analyst help ... by boredemployee on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @06:31AM (#31325443)
cool! will check it thanks
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