Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Interdisciplinary Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Interdisciplinary Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Interdisciplinary Studies majors need more than the average amount of Programming, Science, Technology Design, Operations Analysis, Systems Analysis, Mathematics, Systems Evaluation, Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Management of Financial Resources, Negotiation, Judgment and Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Persuasion, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies, Active Listening, Time Management, Active Learning, Management of Material Resources, Instructing, Coordination, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Operation and Control, Troubleshooting, Installation, Equipment Selection, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.
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 Interdisciplinary Studies 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, Active Listening, Speaking, Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Learning, Systems Analysis, Time Management, Monitoring, Systems Evaluation, Mathematics, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Persuasion, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Negotiation, Service Orientation, Science, Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Management of Financial Resources, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Programming, Technology Design, Operation and Control, Troubleshooting, Equipment Selection, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.