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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.

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The author of this occupation profile is a highly respected within industry but due to time commitments has a little more work to do to complete the profile. Please check back over the next two weeks

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The author of this occupation profile is a highly respected within industry but due to time commitments has a little more work to do to complete the profile. Please check back over the next two weeks. 

Career Path Options & Employment

After finding employment as a statistician, you have the option to move into other areas of the field. It is always possible to gain a few years of experience, for example, and move from within the education department to a position as a financial statistician.

You also have the opportunity to specialise within your line of work. Biostatistics is a focused branch of statistics, where you study the correlation between human diseases and their causes. You would usually work in a hospital, pharmaceutical company or government health department, developing the statistics that help demonstrate links between health problems and their risk factors.

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The author of this occupation profile is a highly respected within industry but due to time commitments has a little more work to do to complete the profile. Please check back over the next two weeks.


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