Data Science Survey

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* 1. To receive your $5 Starbucks Gift Card, please enter your email address here and complete the survey.

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* 2. What attributes are most important to you when you are evaluating a new data analytics solution:

	Least important	Not Very Important	Somewhat Important	Very Important	Most Important
Deploys quickly and easily	Deploys quickly and easily Least important	Deploys quickly and easily Not Very Important	Deploys quickly and easily Somewhat Important	Deploys quickly and easily Very Important	Deploys quickly and easily Most Important
Has pre-built connectors to connect to my existing data tools	Has pre-built connectors to connect to my existing data tools Least important	Has pre-built connectors to connect to my existing data tools Not Very Important	Has pre-built connectors to connect to my existing data tools Somewhat Important	Has pre-built connectors to connect to my existing data tools Very Important	Has pre-built connectors to connect to my existing data tools Most Important
Has robust user roles and data access controls	Has robust user roles and data access controls Least important	Has robust user roles and data access controls Not Very Important	Has robust user roles and data access controls Somewhat Important	Has robust user roles and data access controls Very Important	Has robust user roles and data access controls Most Important
3rd party audited data security	3rd party audited data security Least important	3rd party audited data security Not Very Important	3rd party audited data security Somewhat Important	3rd party audited data security Very Important	3rd party audited data security Most Important
Prof services (installation & ongoing support)	Prof services (installation & ongoing support) Least important	Prof services (installation & ongoing support) Not Very Important	Prof services (installation & ongoing support) Somewhat Important	Prof services (installation & ongoing support) Very Important	Prof services (installation & ongoing support) Most Important
Proven/references	Proven/references Least important	Proven/references Not Very Important	Proven/references Somewhat Important	Proven/references Very Important	Proven/references Most Important
Product is tailored to my industry	Product is tailored to my industry Least important	Product is tailored to my industry Not Very Important	Product is tailored to my industry Somewhat Important	Product is tailored to my industry Very Important	Product is tailored to my industry Most Important

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* 3. Rate how frequently your team faces the following challenges (1-3)

	1 (least often)	2	3 (most often)
Very large datasets are unwieldy	Very large datasets are unwieldy 1 (least often)	Very large datasets are unwieldy 2	Very large datasets are unwieldy 3 (most often)
Data is not available, or of poor quality	Data is not available, or of poor quality 1 (least often)	Data is not available, or of poor quality 2	Data is not available, or of poor quality 3 (most often)
Low overall bandwidth to take on new projects	Low overall bandwidth to take on new projects 1 (least often)	Low overall bandwidth to take on new projects 2	Low overall bandwidth to take on new projects 3 (most often)
Stakeholders not fully bought in or engaged	Stakeholders not fully bought in or engaged 1 (least often)	Stakeholders not fully bought in or engaged 2	Stakeholders not fully bought in or engaged 3 (most often)
Project goals not clearly defined	Project goals not clearly defined 1 (least often)	Project goals not clearly defined 2	Project goals not clearly defined 3 (most often)

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* 4. How do you or your team currently collaborate with non-technical stakeholders?

PowerPoint presentations

Whiteboards (Miro, Mural, LucidCharts, etc.)

Written reporting / documentation

We do not have non-technical stakeholders

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How does your organization currently deploy analytics tools? (check all that apply)

Our data can be analyzed in a secure cloud service

Data and computation must be retained within my own cloud infrastructure, but a vendor can manage my deployment configurations

Service must be fully hosted on-premise with no vendor access

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* 6. How does your organization prefer to pay for analytics tools?

Pay-as-you-go (consumption)

Number of Seats

Fixed Fee

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* 7. Is your company using any of the following technologies for data analytics infrastructure? (check all that apply)

Amazon Web Services

Google Cloud

Microsoft Azure

None

Other (please specify)

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* 8. What database/data storage technologies are you using?

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* 9. Who is responsible for deciding on purchases of data analytics and collaboration tools? (Check all that apply)

Centralized managed by IT organization

Centrally decided by data team leadership

Chosen individually by each data scientist or working team

Other (please specify)