Statistics classes don???t teach you about money

Statistics and data science classes don’t do much to prepare students for hashing out project specifications on the job. Here are a few problems:

They teach you to take the problem statement for granted, but what if your boss doesn’t have the skills to make sensible requests?
They don’t teach you about money and data budgeting, so you learn how to calculate the ideal data requirements but not the cost-benefit thinking that you’ll need for finding a practical approach in a business setting.
They don’t teach you negotiation skills, especially the flexibility that helps you navigate the gray areas of negotiating a workable budget to execute data collection.

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