“The sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians. People think I’m joking,…”
Hal Varian, Chief Economist for Google
General Information
- The American Statistical Association has a great website for general information about careers in (bio)statistics.
- Careers in Biostatistics Video Old video by Jane Monaco. Much is still true- Biostatistics is a growing and rewarding career field! 37,000+ views
- 2021 Article about Growth in Statistics Degrees Also has info about top programs for graduate degrees in (bio)statistics.
- Is biostatistics important in medicine? Very. Read more here: Jama Network
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Few things mislead us more than failure to grasp simple statistical principles.
Sharon Begley, Newsweek
Career Development Resources and Job Trends
- Amstat News features annual salary surveys for statisticians and biostatisticians. Academics and Non-academics.
- The UK Royal Statistical Society has a helpful career development page.
- Best And Worst Graduate Degrees For Jobs (Fortune 2016, MS in Biostat #1! )
- 100 Best Jobs (US News and World Report 2022, Data Scientist #6, Statistician #8 )
- Statistician: A 2019 Top Job in America Article from “This is Statistics”
- More Students Earning Statistics Degrees, but Not Enough to Meet Surging Demand for Statisticians Business Wire
- Data Scientist Is the Best Job In America According Glassdoor’s 2018 Rankings
For Fun 🙂
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- What is a pvalue anyway? Funny.
- John Oliver Explains P-hacking. Enjoy! He’s right!
- Can these Stanford researchers explain a pvalue? I think not. Nice article/video on 538
- Statisticians found One Thing They Can Agree On – It’s time to stop misusing pvalues
- I see these misinterpretations almost daily! A Dirty Dozen: Twelve PValue Misconceptions Goodman
- Scientific Method: Statistical Errors Great article in Nature
Old but good:
- Newsweek on why we do what we do.
- WSJ: Odds Lot: Statisticians Party Like It’s 2.013 x 10 Cubed. About 88% Through Celebratory Year, 100% in Field Find It ‘Sexy’
- WSJ: Data Crunchers Now the Cool Kids on Campus
- News & Observer: UNC-CH is in a great geographic area for CROs! And they are only growing in size. Read more here.
- Stanford published a great article in Summer 2012 about the job of a biostatistician and the excellent job market. Really like this!
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics included biostatistics in a 2008 flyer of cool health care jobs you may not know about.
- “For today’s graduate, just one word: Statistics” by Steve Lohr appeared on the front page of the New York Times and was quite positive about careers in statistics.
- Amstat News featured an article from Dr. Marie Davidian about increasing popularity of statistics careers.
- CNBC Special Report Calls Careers in Data Science “Next Big Thing”
- Harvard Business Review: Still the Sexiest Profession Alive
- NYT: What Are the Odds That Stats Would Be This Popular?
- Business Insider: MBAs Can’t Afford To End Their Math Education With Calculus. The title doesn’t really describe the content of the article… how about both statistics AND calculus?!
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“Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” H.G.Wells