Steve Horvath's classification of data analysis

 

 

DATA

OLD

NEW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

METHODS

 

 

 


OLD

Old Methods, Old Data

 

Example: unify current methods

 

Required skills: interest in theory

 

Title: Mathematician

Old Methods, New Data

 

Example: case-control to candidate genes

 

Required skills: data collection, handling

 

Title: Epidemiologist

 

 

 

 

NEW

New Methods, Old Data

 

Example: handle missing data

 

Required skills: solid statistics know-how

 

Title: Statistician

New Methods, New Data

 

Example: microarray data

 

Required skills: computing, statistics, biochemistry

 

Title: jack-of-all-trades (bioinformatician?)