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Close up of a painting and a brush applying a dot to the canvas. The view changes to show the back of the canvas and a woman painting. She then steps back to look at it while a close up of the painting is shown again and a brush sweeps across the canvas adding more dots.
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Sometimes...You have to step back... to see the big picture.
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The close up of the canvas expands to reveal a painting of fruit and a bowl. The woman looks at the painting and then dips her brush into a bowl of digital dots. She applies the brush. The view changes to show the woman painting laughing children in school.
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Sometimes you need streams of data... To get a sea of knowledge.
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Closeup of a Westat logo on her apron. She paints more. In closeup the brush applies more dots, and in a wide shot she paints a scene of evening traffic in a city.
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It takes skill to turn research... into solutions.
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Closeup of the painter looking contented. Wide shot shows another painting she has done, of a grandfather and granddaughter, laughing.
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To use statistics... to spot a trend.
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The camera follows a man entering a lobby.  The woman receptionist greets him with a wide smile.  He turns to her and camera sees the Westat logo on the wall behind the front desk.
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Innovation is all part of a day’s work... Westat.
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A paint brush deposits a digital dot in a black void filled with other dots, which are connected by digital lines.  The view zooms back revealing that the dot-cloud is on a video monitor as a data representation.  A woman touches the video screen and turns forward, explaining to an audience. 
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This is the art of data.  We connect the dots.
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Three people meet in a hallway, discussing something on a monitor on the wall.  In a conference room, a man presents a column chart.  In another room with lots of people around a table, a man points to a white board.  Outside, a couple pushes their baby in a stroller.
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We see the world through data, that form patterns, that become ideas, that make a difference.
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In a kitchen, a man and woman prepare food.  She cuts into a red pepper.
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Helping make people healthier...
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Two girls look at a computer monitor and type.
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Kids, better educated...
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The view looks out a car’s windshield, then a medium shot of a camera mounted to the windshield pointed at the driver.
Narrator:
Travel, safer...


From a control room with many monitors, the view looks through window at man doing something on a computer while a woman watches behind him.  A woman enters a room and talks with two other women over some photographs. Closeup of a woman smiling and agreeing as she talks with another woman.
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It takes rigorous research, evaluation, analysis.  And we’ve got a passion for it.
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A hand uses a smart phone to scan the UPC code on a bottle. A man and woman set up tablets in a library. Someone drives a driving simulator.  Two men talk on a couch.  A teenager opens the front door of a house for a woman who shows her credentials.
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In health...
Education...
Transportation...
Social policy...
And so much more.
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A doctor views medical images on an e-tablet. A woman talks on a headset. A man points at a whiteboard filled with formulas.  A woman works in a chemical lab. A man in his cubicle talks on the phone. A woman sits down to start working on her laptop. 
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Our clients trust us to give them strategic, actionable recommendations.
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Two women talk on a couch, looking at an e-tablet.  A man and woman shake hands. 
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And together, we can make a difference.
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Quick-motion montage at a car testing facility.  Sensors are put on the road.  A car’s eye view in fast motion.  A car drives over the view.   The view is filled with colorful dots.  Zooming out reveals that the dots comprise a photo of four people in a meeting, smiling. 
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In a world filled with data... We bring focus.
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A brush paints across the bottom of the screen from left to right.  In its wake are the words:  “Westat.  Improving lives through research.”
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Westat.   Improving lives through research.
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Copyright Westat, Incorporated, 2018