new background! and my job?

This background makes me so happy!

But anyways... so my work. What am i doing?

To be honest... I went in today and was utterly confused and terrified that I would be this lost for the rest of the term. The SAS (statistical software) that they use is Enterprise which is a more user friendly version rather than straight coding. However to Audrey, straight coding is more user friendly. On top of that, my boss wants me to become "bilingual" in SAS and SPSS (another statistical software) meaning I need to teach myself SPSS.

Nevertheless, I'm excited. This is my first real job where I get to use my brain and think on my own. Basically I'll be constantly asking myself, "What is this data saying?!" Here are some of the projects I'm going to be working on:

1. comparing data between 3 different tools to test for diabetes.. seeing which one is better
2. comparing screening frequencies between cities in canada among new immigrants vs. canadians as a whole - is there a difference?
3. developing an online tool people can use to calculate their chance of getting diabetes based on various risk factors

possibly later on, i'll be doing some more economic studies ie. which tool is more economically friendly and are diabetes treatments really making an impact that makes sense to spend that much money on?

it's pretty cool and practical stuff. although daunting, i'm definitely looking forward to learning a lot this term!