Dr Andreea Moldovan is a Data Scientist in the financial services sector. She was previously a Research Fellow at Exeter University. She has a background in sociology, social research methods, and survey methodology. Her main interests are latent variable modelling, longitudinal data analysis, and machine learning techniques that overcome assumptions of traditional regression methods. Andreea has run R demonstrations for teams based in a large charity and is very passionate about encouraging other social scientists to discover the wonderful world of R.