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Statistician

Last modified: November 07, 2011, 01:25 PM
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This is an ideal career for analytical thinkers. As a statistician, your job is to collect, classify, analyse, and interpret numerical facts or data. You then use statistical methods to produce valuable information, creating an ordered and accessible summary of data and findings.

Qualifications & Leading Universities

As a pre-requisite to an undergraduate degree, you will need a Year 12 pass with English plus high achievement in maths and sciences. Your undergraduate degree will focus on statistics, mathematics, econometrics and science subjects. While the most relevant degree is a Bachelor of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, you can also take statistics as a major in a Commerce, Science, Business or Economics degree. Those universities who require an entry score of 85+ are University of Sydney, Adelaide University, ANU in Canberra, Macquarie University, University of New South Wales and Wollongong University in NSW and Melbourne University in Victoria. Most employers will choose a graduate who has an Honours degree over someone who has completed an undergraduate degree.

 

While you can also continue your education even further with postgraduate studies in statistics, you will be able to find employment with your initial degree.

The entry criteria for tertiary institiutions differs from year to year. The above comments are a guide only. To gain specific entry criteria either contact the relevant university or use Hobson's The Good University Guide.

Relevant Universities Colleges & TAFE

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