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The last KDnuggets Poll asked the question: What is Your Organization Primary Field? The results, based on 213 votes, are below.

(Note: The percentage of academic researchers seems to be higher among the poll respondents than among KDnuggets visitors, where only 6% are in .edu domain)

Academic Research (University) (51) 24%
Software (27) 13%
Consulting (24) 11%
Banking (15) 7%
Web/Ecommerce (12) 6%
Insurance (11) 5%
Applied Research (Industry Lab) (9) 4%
Marketing/Direct Mail (9) 4%
Telecommunication (9) 4%
Government (7) 3%
Pharma/Health Care (7) 3%
Investments (6) 3%
Biology/Genetics (5) 2%
Manufacturing (5) 2%
Retail Sales (5) 2%
none - unemployed (4) 2%
Entertainment/News (1) 0%
Other (6) 3%

The poll is at www.kdnuggets.com/polls/2001/organization_primary_field.htm