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Becoming a Manager of Statisticians
Becoming a great manager starts at the beginning of a career, and the soft skills—competence and confidence in interpersonal interaction—required in management are necessary for managers and useful for technical-track analysts. In fact, analysts are well-positioned to pick up these skills by employing many of the same ideas used in computer simulation: Plan, Rehearse, Execute, and Reflect (but not too long).
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Attitudes About Postdoctoral Training for Statisticians Evolve
Statistics, like many other professions, has not been rapid in responding to changes in its scientific and human resources environment. However, one rather dramatic change has occurred over the past 25 years: the emergence of postdoctoral training.
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How to Get the Job You Want as a Statistician
“Okay,” you say to yourself. “I’ve been a student for umpteen years, I’ve lived la dolce vita, I’ll graduate soon, and now I’ve got to get a job. I’m well trained—I know a lot about statistics—but how do I get a really good job?”
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How to Prepare for a Career in Biostatistics
Considering a career in biostatistics? If you like math and biology and want to make a difference in the world, this is a good plan. Biostatistics is a rewarding career, with a lot of opportunity—and the compensation is good, too.
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Professional Ethics for Statisticians: Issues and Advice
In this article, professors Marie Davidian, Montse Fuentes, and Pam Arroway offer their thoughts about this important issue as it pertains to statistics, with an eye toward students and statisticians just embarking on their careers.
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Some Pearls of Wisdom
John Rawlings summarizes the comments he made at a commencement address in 1995 to the department of statistics at North Carolina State University (NCSU).
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What Happens at JSM Should Not Stay at JSM
Planning on going to the largest gathering of statisticians in the world this year? Here, Christopher Bilder, associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, shows you how to get the most out the time you’ll spend at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings.
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From Computer Scientist to Statistician
Stumbling backward and landing well Andrew Beam is a second-year master’s student at North Carolina State University. As an undergraduate,…
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Recent Graduates Offer Advice to Undergraduates
Here, three recent, Cal Poly graduates offer their advice to students as they consider graduate study in statistics, a job in industry, and a teaching credential program.
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Tips for Statisticians Starting a Career in Business
Eduardas Valaitis shares a few tips that will help both job seekers and those who have just started their career as industry statisticians.