Elisa D'Amico
DATA WORK AND EXPERIENCE
Certifications
DataCamp Data Scientist Professional, R; SQL, Python
Qualtrics XM Professional Certification
Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Certification
Experience
Data Scientist, Chicago Public Schools (2023)
- Data science, empirical modeling, Google AppScript, SQL, SAS, etc.R
Special Interest Groups Data Analyst, Project VoteSmart (2017)
- Web-scraping and cleaning of special interest groups data in R
Ad Hoc Projects
- Wrote Stata scripts for correlation vs. causation and quasi-experimental projects
- Created quizzes in Qualtrics for complex grading schemes
- Used Python console to import, polygonise, spatially merge, and export data in QGis
- Used Excel VBA and Stata to merge large climate law and litigation data
- Used R to scrape and code text from peace agreement documents
Computer and Technical Skills
High Level Data Skills: Querying in SQL/Python; Excel VBA; GIS data management and analysis; data mining in R; data merging in STATA
Software High Proficiency: R, QGIS, SQL, STATA, JMP, and SPSS
Training
Graduate Professionalization Workshop Training (Fall 2022)
Sponsored by the Department of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago
Topic: Jobs in Data Science
Introduction & Intermediate Python Courses (Spring 2023)
Sponsored by DataCamp
Topics included: lists; Functions and Packages; Numpy; Matplotlib; Dictionaries; Loops; Logical operators