Asa Wilks is a senior data scientist at RAND, and serves as associate director of RAND's Data Science and Technology Group. He draws on more than 20 years of experience in quantitative public policy research across a range of policy areas. Wilks has expertise in data engineering and statistical modeling for policy research and is well versed in methods for econometric analysis, applied statistics, data science, and machine learning. He holds a BA in government and sociology from Cornell University, an MPA in policy and economic analysis from Columbia University, and a Masters in applied statistics from UCLA.
M.A.S. in applied statistics, University of California Los Angeles; M.P.A. in policy & economic analysis, Columbia University; B.A. in government, sociology, Cornell University
