Cool Jobs: Data Detective

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  1. 2. A technique that relies on a special type of machine to study brain activity. It uses a strong magnetic field to monitor blood flow in the brain. Tracking the movement of blood can tell researchers which brain regions are active (using oxygen).
  2. 4. A term largely used in the business world to mean the interpretation of large quantities of data.
  3. 8. An endangered species in the bear family, found in the wild only in China. It has a distinctive white body with black-coated limbs and dark spots around the eyes.
  4. 9. Statistics applied to biology or medicine. When it’s used for neurology, it’s called neurostatistics.
  5. 11. Unwanted and random variations that obscure or do not contain meaningful data.
  6. 12. A measure of the amount of “spread” in a dataset to either side of its central, or mean, value.
  7. 14. The use of an imaging technology, typically using X-rays or a magnetic resonance imaging (or MRI) machine, to view structures inside the brain. With MRI technology — especially the type known as functional MRI (or fMRI) — the activity of different brain regions can be viewed while the patient is doing something, such as viewing pictures, computing sums or listening to music.
  8. 16. A metallic chemical element in the same family as silver and gold.
  9. 17. Any of a large number of proteins that the body produces as part of its immune response. Antibodies neutralize, tag or destroy viruses, bacteria and other foreign substances in the blood.
  10. 18. The field of research that explores the biological basis of injuries or disease and their treatments.
  11. 20. A blend of two or more metals
  12. 21. A subject that a student chooses as an area of focus in college, such as: chemistry, English literature, German, journalism, pre-medicine, electrical engineering or elementary education.
  13. 22. A person who uses science to solve problems. As a verb, to engineer means to design a device, material or process that will solve some problem or unmet need.
  14. 23. Something that occurs haphazardly or without reason, based on no intention or purpose.
  15. 24. A description of some aspect of the natural world based on extensive observations, tests and reason. A theory can also be a way of organizing a broad body of knowledge that applies in a broad range of circumstances to explain what will happen. Unlike the common definition of theory, a theory in science is not just a hunch.
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  1. 1. A metallic alloy that consists primarily of copper and tin, but may include other metals. It is harder and more durable than copper.
  2. 3. The science of interpreting data, and in particular reducing or estimating errors attributable to random variation.
  3. 5. One of several measures of the “average” of a data set. Most commonly used is the arithmetic mean, obtained by adding the data and dividing by the number of data points.
  4. 6. A medical compound consisting of a killed or inactivated disease-producing organism, or a compound that resembles the organism, which is intended to produce immunity to the disease.
  5. 7. In statistics, a test used to determine whether an observed pattern in data is real or could be explained by random variations in the data.
  6. 10. An advanced degree offered by universities — typically after five or six years of study — for work that creates new knowledge. People qualify to begin this type of graduate study only after having first completed a college (a program that typically takes four years of study).
  7. 13. A metallic element, belonging to the same chemical family as lead, germanium, silicon and carbon.
  8. 15. The study of the structure or function of the brain and other parts of the nervous system. Researchers in this field are known as neuroscientists.
  9. 19. The ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or poison by producing and releasing special protective cells.