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<p>Suppose there exists a new airline named Jetco that flies domestically across North America. Jetco recently had a study commissioned that tested the boarding time of every airline, and it came out that Jetco had the fastest average boarding times of any airline.</p>

<p>What factors could have biased this result, and what would you look into?</p>


<p>What could potentially bias the average boarding time in favor of an airline that only flies domestically?</p>

What could potentially bias the average boarding time in favor of an airline that only flies domestically?

Boarding Times Bias

A new airline came out as the fastest average boarding times compared to other airlines.  What factors could have biased this result and what would you look into?

<p>You are testing hundreds of hypotheses with many <em>t</em>-tests. What considerations should be made?</p>


<p>What is a key disadvantage of the F-test when compared to multiple t-tests?</p>

What is a key disadvantage of the F-test when compared to multiple t-tests?

Hundreds of Hypotheses

You are testing hundreds of hypotheses with many t-tests. What considerations should be made?

<p>In an A/B test, how can you check if assignment to the various buckets was truly random?</p>


<p>In an A/B test, which of the following is a common method to determine if the assignment to the test groups was truly random?</p>

In an A/B test, which of the following is a common method to determine if the assignment to the test groups was truly random?

Random Bucketing

A/B Testing & Experimentation

<h3>Job Description</h3><div>Job Description<div><div><b>Stand Together</b> is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. </div><div><br /></div><div>Are you an analytical thinker eager to make a difference with your skills?  Do you thrive playing a consultative role, discussing with leaders across multiple teams on how data and measurement can drive greater visibility and results? If so, this may be the job for you!</div><div> </div><div>As a <b>Senior Analyst, </b>you'll join a team that provides data-driven community Accounting and Finance operations insights across the Stand Together community. In addition, you will work closely with internal customers to build custom dashboards and leverage visualization tools.  </div><div> </div><div><br /></div>How You Will Contribute<ul><li><b>This role will work on-site in Arlington, Virginia, 5 days per week.</b></li><li>Partner with <span class="long-word">leaders/stakeholders</span> across the organization to develop and improve data/tools that drive informed decision making and operational efficiencies</li><li>Understand business needs, provide actionable recommendations, and communicate them effectively to business stakeholders</li><li>Build, develop, and maintain highly collaborative working relationships across teams to understand <span class="long-word">analytics/operational</span> needs, available data, and growth opportunities for the business</li><li>Succinctly communicate business insights to high-level decision makers throughout the organization</li><li>Ensure business data is accurate, complete, and reliable to support <span class="long-word">relationship/revenue</span> management and optimize team performance</li><li>Proactively communicate project status, issues, and risks to stakeholders and internal sponsors</li><li>Collaborate closely with the Enterprise Data & Information (EDI) team to align on data infrastructure, architecture, and governance best practices, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and consistent with enterprise standards</li></ul><div><br /></div>What You Will Bring<ul><li><b>Analytical Problem-Solving</b>: Ability to interpret complex data, identify trends, and deliver practical solutions to both straightforward and multifaceted challenges.</li><li><b>Project Leadership</b>: Demonstrated success in managing and completing complex, cross-functional initiatives.</li><li><b>Communication Skills</b>: Strong written and verbal communication abilities, with the capacity to engage effectively across technical and non-technical teams.</li><li><b>Technical Proficiency</b>: Skilled in R programming and R Studio, Python, and SQL, with 2+ years of hands-on experience using Snowflake.</li><li><b>Agility and Drive</b>: Self-motivated and adaptable, with excellent time management, project coordination, and analytical capabilities.</li><li><b>Independent Execution</b>: Comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced, evolving environment.</li><li><b>Data Visualization Experience</b>: 2–4+ years of experience in analytics and data visualization (preferably with Power BI or Tableau), or a foundational understanding of these tools.</li><li><b>CRM Exposure</b>: Prior experience working with CRM platforms, ideally Salesforce.</li><li><b>Enthusiasm</b> to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, <span class="long-word">entrepreneurialism,</span> humility, and respect.</li></ul>What We Offer<ul><li><b>Competitive benefits:</b> Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.</li><li> <b>A meaningful career:</b> Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.</li><li><b>Commitment to growth:</b> Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.</li><li><b>Competitive compensation:</b> Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.</li></ul><div><b>Our Values:</b> Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.   </div><div><br /></div><div>We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.</div><p>We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.</p></div></div>

<h3>Job Description</h3><div>Job Description<div><div><b>Stand Together</b> is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. </div><div><br /></div><div>We are building a modern Reference and Master Data Management (RDM/MDM) capability within our Enterprise Data & Information (EDI) team, starting with foundational financial and strategic data. As our Senior Reference Data Analyst – Finance & Strategy, you’ll play a key role in shaping how we manage and automate essential data—starting with project codes that fuel enterprise reporting, financial planning, and business alignment. </div><div> </div><div>You will partner closely with Finance & Data leadership to strategize and execute against a long-term, transformational vision while also managing current-state processes. You’ll help us bring clarity, consistency, and scalability to how we use financial reference data across the organization</div>How You Will Contribute<ul><li><i><b>Reference Data Management & Strategy </b></i></li><li>Drive the execution of efforts to define and structure core reference data elements (beginning with project code) to support consistent, enterprise-wide financial and operational reporting, in alignment with strategic leadership guidance. </li><li>Document current state and design future-state models that align with business needs and data governance principles. </li><li>Collaborate with finance and business stakeholders to ensure that reference data is organized for actionable insights and accurate reporting across systems and products. </li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li><i><b>Financial Data Analysis & Reporting Support </b></i></li><li>Analyze the use of project codes and related reference data across systems and teams, and collaborate with business and FP&A to ensure they meet both business reporting needs and broader strategic visibility requirements. </li><li>Partner with business and FP&A teams to ensure data capture is aligned with data governance standards and financial reporting requirements. </li><li>Collaborate with FP&A to ensure reports clearly expose reference data, making it easier for stakeholders to understand how data is structured and enabling transparency, effective analysis, and integration into data products. </li><li>Identify and surface inconsistencies in how the strategic framework is applied across business teams, providing visibility into how these issues show up in the data, and supporting efforts to align their data with strategic decision-making. </li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li><i><b>Data Quality & Integration </b></i></li><li>Partner with data engineers and system owners to ensure reference data flows smoothly between systems (e.g., Snowflake and financial tools like Adaptive). </li><li>Partner with other data analysts and engineers to inform the automation and validation of data pipelines to ensure consistent, reliable access to clean data. </li><li>Collaborate with the product team to support source-to-target mappings and track data lineage, ensuring high data quality and effective system integration. </li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li><i><b>Governance & Documentation</b></i><b> </b></li><li>Define and maintain documentation for data definitions, naming conventions, and lifecycle management of reference data. </li><li>Support data quality programs by helping define validation logic, business rules, and escalation pathways for issues. </li><li>Contribute to change management and training efforts to support the adoption of new reference data standards. </li></ul>What You Will Bring<ul><li>Minimum of 5 years of experience in a data analyst, finance analyst, or business operations role with exposure to enterprise data and financial systems. </li><li>Strong understanding of reference/master data concepts and financial data structures (e.g., project codes, dimensions, chart of accounts). </li><li>Background in FP&A, strategic reporting, or program-level financial management. </li><li>Proficiency in SQL and experience working with data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake). </li><li>Proven ability to collaborate across business and technical teams to deliver data-driven insights and improvements. </li><li>Clear communicator with strong documentation and analysis skills. </li><li>Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, <span class="long-word">entrepreneurialism,</span> humility, and respect. </li></ul>Stand Out Candidates Will Bring<ul><li>Experience working on data transformation, reference data management, or financial system integration projects. </li><li>Familiarity with MDM or data catalog methodologies and BI platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau). </li><li>Exposure to Agile or iterative project delivery. </li></ul>What We Offer<ul><li><b>Competitive benefits:</b> Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.</li><li><b>A meaningful career:</b> Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.</li><li><b>Commitment to growth:</b> Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.</li><li><b>Competitive compensation:</b> Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.</li></ul><div><b>Our Values:</b> Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.   </div><div><br /></div><div>We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.</div><p>We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.</p></div></div>

<h3>Job Description</h3><div>Job Description<div><div><b>Stand Together</b> is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. </div><div><br /></div><div>As Senior Product Manager of our digital engagement platform, you will lead the strategy and execution for our mission-critical set of technologies supporting key program outcomes, in close coordination with Stand Together community organizations, the A250 program team, and key technology partners. You will work directly with a diverse coalition of world-class partners across philanthropy, film and media, music, entertainment, education, and community sectors – and supporting creative agencies and technology integrators – the user experience and underlying tech components are fully integrated and aligned to drive the success of this national movement.</div><div><br /></div><div>The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience setting strategy and driving delivery on complex technology programs/projects across owned, bespoke, and third-party platforms – and a passion for deploying that experience in service to the principles that underpin our American Identity and human progress more generally.</div>How You Will Contribute<ul><li>Lead product development for the Engagement Platform ecosystem by articulating the platform vision, prioritizing the roadmap, and developing a launch plan aligned with the overall objectives and other critical tentpole investments of the A250 program.</li><li>Integrate platform resources, systems, and partnerships to ensure timely execution leading up to, during, and beyond America’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.</li><li>Partner with key program executives, program office team, and technology partners to identify and drive decisions on critical platform build, integration, and launch milestones.</li><li>Establish and manage the platform’s delivery and reporting cadence, including oversight of vendor-led workflows, timelines, program-level reporting and coordination, and key steering / governance objectives.</li><li>Ensure the engagement platform broadly and all constituent technologies remain aligned with the Movement’s objectives, stage gates, timelines, and success metrics.</li><li>Collaborate with Stand Together leadership (including technology),key initiative leaders, the broader A250 team, and external partners including consultants, creative agencies, and technology partners.</li><li>Oversee stewardship of A250’s engagement ecosystem, ensuring responsible management of the platform heading into A250 and for 7-10 years beyond, including the overall user experience, technology assets, and vendor relationships.</li><li>Ensure appropriate data is integrated into Stand Together’s existing enterprise data landscape, and that platform technology is aligned to Stand Together’s existing capabilities where possible to simplify the transition from partner development to Stand Together’s Enterprise IT organization.</li></ul>What You Will Bring<ul><li>Deep alignment with the Principles of Human Progress—especially self-actualization, mutual benefit, and bottom-up change. And enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principles, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, <span class="long-word">entrepreneurialism,</span> humility, and respect.</li><li>10+ years of consumer-facing product and technology leadership (leading or influencing leaders or cross-functional teams and stakeholders) with a track record of successful delivery.</li><li>Exceptional project/program leadership experience with delivery accountability, budget ownership, and vendor relationship management.</li><li>Extensive cross-functional leadership and decision-making in a matrixed environment.</li><li>Comfort working with and cultivating alignment among peers, internal partners, and external consultants and technology providers who possess deep domain expertise and long tenure.</li><li>Strong prioritization skills and ability to identify and focus on critical-path items across a range of related but standalone projects.</li><li>Ability to create clarity for leadership, program team members, and technology partners on how their actions and delivery contribute to program success.</li><li>Sense of urgency, ability to operate at speed, and identify opportunities and risks across platform gaps, needs, and requirements.</li></ul>Standout Candidates Will Bring<ul><li>Experience with consumer-facing technology products, tools, content, and/or platforms that remain actively deployed in the market.</li><li>Experience in both the client and service-provider roles with technology partners.</li><li>Experience working with mission-driven / social impact organizations.</li><li>Experience in both front-end consumer experience (Cx/Ux) ownership and back-end system integration.</li><li>Experience with complex suites of user tools and features.</li><li>Growth mindset and belief that fast-moving, constantly evolving environments are the best places to make an outsized impact.</li></ul>What We Offer<ul><li><b>Competitive benefits:</b><b> </b>Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace. </li><li><b>A meaningful career:</b> Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges. </li><li><b>Commitment to growth:</b> Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents. </li><li><b>Competitive compensation:</b> Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive. </li></ul><div><b>Our Values:</b> Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.   </div><div><br /></div><div>We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.</div><p>We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.</p></div></div>

<h3>Job Description</h3><div>Job Description<div><div><b>Stand Together</b> is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. </div><div><br /></div><div>Within this ecosystem, we're building Loop – a groundbreaking platform that's transforming how America's most vulnerable populations connect with critical services during times of crisis.</div><div>  </div><div>About Loop</div><div>Loop is a Stand Together Foundation technology platform partnering with 211 helplines nationwide to revolutionize social service delivery. By "closing the loop" with every caller through SMS follow-ups and data-driven insights, Loop transforms one-time referrals into measurable outcomes and continuous improvement cycles.</div><div> </div><div>Our platform doesn't just collect data – it creates invisible intelligence that helps 211 specialists make better referrals, enables service providers to understand their true capacity and impact, and most importantly, ensures that people in crisis get connected to help that actually works. Early pilots demonstrate strong caller engagement and show how 211s are already using this intelligence to improve funding decisions and service delivery.</div><div>   </div><div>The Opportunity</div><div>As Senior Product Manager for Loop, you will lead the strategy and execution for this mission-critical platform that directly impacts millions of Americans navigating a crisis. You'll work at the intersection of social impact, data science, and human-centered design – partnering with a diverse coalition of 211 organizations, service providers, government agencies, and Stand Together community partners to build a transformative service marketplace powered by experimentation and continuous learning.</div><div> </div><div>This role offers the unique opportunity to apply product excellence to one of society's most pressing challenges: ensuring that our most vulnerable neighbors can reliably access the help they need, when they need it most.</div><div><b>  </b></div><div><b>In your first 6–12 months, you will</b></div><div><br /></div><div> * Deliver a 2026 roadmap that scales Loop to more 211s and pilots peer-informed recommendation flows (“invisible intelligence”). </div><div> * Strengthen product analytics and reporting (caller outcomes, connection rates, provider capacity signals) and ship improvements to the provider reports and dashboards. </div><div> * Run discovery with 211 leadership and front-line specialists; <span class="long-word">validate/prioritize</span> features that improve referral success and follow-up quality.</div><div> * Stand up an experiment pipeline (hypothesis → metric → test → decision) for messaging, workflows, and matching logic. </div>How You Will Contribute<ul><li><b>Strategic roadmap & execution</b></li><li>Own Loop’s multi-quarter roadmap aligned to STF’s mission and 211 partner goals.</li><li>Translate strategy into clear outcomes, themes, and prioritize bets with measurable impact.</li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li><b>Feature requirements & prioritization</b></li><li>Write crisp PRDs and acceptance criteria; break work into thin slices that deliver value early and often.</li><li>Balance user impact, technical feasibility, and data leverage (feedback, capacity, outcomes).</li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li><b>Stakeholder management & communication</b></li><li>Lead recurring discovery/feedback sessions with 211 teams (specialists, supervisors, execs).</li><li>Communicate progress, decisions, and learnings to STF leadership and partner 211s.</li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li><b>Product performance measurement</b></li><li>Define and monitor North Star and guardrail metrics (e.g., response rate, connection rate, time-to-help, opt-in follow-ups, provider signal freshness, recommendation adoption).</li><li>Partner with data/engineering to instrument analytics and ship insights to 211s and providers.</li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li><b>Market research & competitive analysis</b></li><li>Track the service-navigation space and adjacent tools; identify partnership and differentiation opportunities informed by Loop’s unique dataset. </li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li><b>Agile collaboration (lightweight)</b></li><li>Facilitate scrum ceremonies for the Loop team (planning, stand-ups, retros) and maintain a healthy backlog in partnership with the Eng Lead/TPM.</li><li>Coordinate releases and QA readiness; drive crisp, low-overhead execution.</li></ul>What You Will Bring<ul><li>5+ years in product management delivering B2B2C/B2C platform products; evidence of outcome-oriented roadmapping and shipping impactful products.</li><li>Strong discovery skills with operational partners (contact centers, government, nonprofits, vendor-management, or similar).</li><li>Fluency with product analytics and experimentation (A/B tests, cohort analysis, metric design).</li><li>Excellent written communication (clear PRDs, stakeholder updates, decision memos).</li><li>Comfortable facilitating agile rituals and collaborating deeply with engineers and data teams.</li><li>Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, <span class="long-word">entrepreneurialism,</span> humility, and respect. </li></ul>Stand Out Candidates Will Bring<ul><li>Background in data products (outcomes, capacity, provider performance) and programmatic AI (LLM summarization, ranking, or recommendations). </li><li>Experience with two-sided marketplaces, <span class="long-word">search/recommendation</span> systems, or CRM integrations in public-interest tech.</li></ul><div><br /></div>What We Offer<ul><li><b>Competitive benefits:</b> Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.</li><li><b>A meaningful career:</b> Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.</li><li><b>Commitment to growth:</b> Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.</li><li><b>Competitive compensation:</b> Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.</li></ul><div><b>Our Values:</b> Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.   </div><div><br /></div><div>We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.</div><p>We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.</p></div></div>

Question	Topic	Difficulty	Ask Chance
Boarding Times Bias	Statistics	Medium	Very High
Hundreds of Hypotheses	Statistics	Medium	Very High
Random Bucketing	A/B Testing & Experimentation	Medium	Very High

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