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A set of values given: Assume table in SQL or list of dictionaries if using Python. Basically a row of data contained information: if it is post or it is a comment, row id and some other data. Find distribution of comments. #comments # posts 1 5000 2 6787 .. ..
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Data Scientist

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
Sep 27, 2017

A set of values given: Assume table in SQL or list of dictionaries if using Python. Basically a row of data contained information: if it is post or it is a comment, row id and some other data. Find distribution of comments. #comments # posts 1 5000 2 6787 .. ..

How would you measure the health of Mentions, Facebook's app for celebrities? How can FB determine if it's worth it to keep using it? If a celebrity starts to use Mentions and begins interacting with their fans more, what part of the increase can be attributed to a celebrity using Mentions, and what part is just a celebrity wanting to get more involved in fan engagement?
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Data Scientist

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
Mar 29, 2017

How would you measure the health of Mentions, Facebook's app for celebrities? How can FB determine if it's worth it to keep using it? If a celebrity starts to use Mentions and begins interacting with their fans more, what part of the increase can be attributed to a celebrity using Mentions, and what part is just a celebrity wanting to get more involved in fan engagement?

R4: Assume the distribution of children per family is given by: # children 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >=5 p 0.3 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0 Consider a random girl in the population of children. What's the probability that she has a sister?
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Data Scientist

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Sep 2, 2021

R4: Assume the distribution of children per family is given by: # children 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >=5 p 0.3 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0 Consider a random girl in the population of children. What's the probability that she has a sister?

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