Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Other Computer & Information Sciences field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other Computer & Information Sciences majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Other Computer & Information Sciences majors need more than the average amount of Programming, Technology Design, Equipment Selection, Troubleshooting, Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Mathematics, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Operations Analysis, Science, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Management of Personnel Resources, Equipment Maintenance, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Persuasion, Time Management, Coordination, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Negotiation, Active Listening, Writing, Speaking, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Repairing, and Installation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Other Computer & Information Sciences majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Programming is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Active Listening, Instructing, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Monitoring, Learning Strategies, Mathematics, Programming, Time Management, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Persuasion, Management of Personnel Resources, Service Orientation, Science, Operations Analysis, Technology Design, Negotiation, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Troubleshooting, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.