In late 2025, the Partnership pulled together members of industry from across tech to share how the in-demand skillsets for entry-level roles in their fields have changed in the last two years. The Knowledge, Skills & Abilities and Credentials (KSACs) below reflect their feedback on entry-level expectations, especially in a tech workplace increasingly shaped by AI.
2. Probability and Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Demonstrate knowledge of probability and standard statistical distributions
knowledge
1
b
Explain hypothesis testing and statistical significance
knowledge
1
c
Demonstrate and explain the role and importance of model validation and accuracy metrics in analytics projects, hypothesis testing, and information retrieval
knowledge
2
d
Explain the concept of the least squares criterion
knowledge
1
e
Demonstrate the conditions that comprise the simple linear regression model
