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