Video: Statistics is For Everyone
March 29, 2018
Statisticians work across a range of diverse fields, including human rights advocacy, healthcare and journalism. And, as a Rochester Institute of Technology student Cho Yau says in our latest video: “Smart is the new sexy.”
In this video, you’ll hear about the important role statistics plays in our lives from Cho and other professionals, including:
- Dawn Eash, associate director, Berkeley Research Group
- Hilary Parker, data scientist, Stitch Fix
- Dave Robinson, data scientist, Stack Overflow
- Alexander Oftelie, managing associate, Bentz Whaley Flessner
- Matthew Krachey, data scientist, HomeAway
Learn more about how you can put statistics to work doing what you love, no matter what it is. And remember, statistics is for everyone!
Since we last spoke with the statisticians, Hilary Parker is now a self-employed independent consultant and advisor, David Robinson is the director of data science at Heap, Alexander Oftelie is senior vice president of decision science at Bentz Whaley Flessner, and Matthew Krachey is a senior staff data scientist at ZenBusiness.
Reviewed by the This is Statistics Team 08/2023
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