“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
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 🙂
- 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?!
“Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” H.G.Wells