Lindsay Marshall earned an MA in Experimental Psychology and an MBA at ASU in 2015. Lindsay studied under Dr. Andrew R. Smith and completed his thesis "Predecisional Information Distortion of Trial Evidence: Biased Processing Under Persuasion". Beyond the work towards his thesis Lindsay worked with Dr. Smith on a number of research projects in the Judgment and Decision Making area including investigations of how Anchoring Effects result in bias while increasing confidence, and how a Sample Size Bias influences judgments of perceptual averages. Some of this work resulted in publications in reputable journals including the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, and the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making.
Outside of his research Lindsay was a teaching assistant for Dr. Smith's Research Methods lab, as well as a number of MBA statistics and data mining courses, he underwent an independent study with Dr. Shawn Bergman regarding analysis of missing data, and held an assistantship with the Center for Analytics Research and Education through the business school.
In his last year of graduate work Lindsay secured a role with the local Boone company ECRS where he developed predictive analytic functions for their software products. Upon completion of his Masters degrees Lindsay accepted a role as a Data Scientist with MetLife in Charlotte, NC. In 2017 Lindsay accepted a position as an Analytical Consultant - Data Scientist with SAS in Cary, NC where he currently works. Much of his work in these roles involved implementing experimental designs, creating predictive as well as explanatory statistical models, conducting applied research projects, and advising clients on the best courses of action using data driven, scientifically informed methods. All skills he acquired during his time at App State.
"I attribute my professional success to the training I received, and people I worked with during my time at App State. While my time in the MBA program afforded me the opportunity to fine tune my statistical and business knowledge it was the training I received in the Experimental Psychology program that drives the quality and scientific rigor of my work. In the field of Data Science I think it is easy for people to focus on the tools of the trade: technology, statistics, machine learning, but in doing so they miss a crucial part of what it is to be a Data Scientist, and that is to be a Scientist. The training I received in the Experimental Psychology program taught me how to be a Scientist and that will always be a major driving source of my successes."
