Category: News
Jeremy Singer-Vine has the Buzz on using Data in Journalism
May 10, 2016
We recently spoke with Jeremy Singer-Vine, a data editor at Buzzfeed News investigative unit. He explains how data has become more important to journalism in recent years, and provides advice to aspiring journalists on how to become data savvy. What came first for you as a student — your love of data or writing? Did...
Statisticians Don’t Need a Crystal Ball to Predict the Future
April 28, 2016
April marks Mathematics Awareness Month, created to increase public understanding of and appreciation for mathematics. This year’s theme is “The Future of Prediction” and this theme examines the role mathematics and statistics have in the future of prediction, providing insights and driving innovation. How is the future for prediction itself? In Graham Southorn’s essay in...
New Reports Name Statistics as an In-Demand Career
April 22, 2016
As spring rolls in, college graduates are focusing on the next steps for their education and careers. These graduates should take note that two more reports have identified statistics and data science as fast growing degree programs leading to in demand, high paying careers. We previously told you about data from the U.S. Bureau of...
Four Reasons to Become an Environmental Statistician Now
April 21, 2016
The environment is the perfect playground for statisticians. The natural world exists upon intricate systems with natural variations that are fraught with uncertainty and randomness. Complex questions arise within all Earth’s systems that need statisticians from diverse disciplines to tackle them. Statisticians provide critical insight about the environment to help make our world a safer...
What Does a Career in Biostatistics Actually Look Like?
April 11, 2016
Biostatistician, Rafael Irizarry of Simply Statistics, was sent on a mission to recruit people for a graduate program, and “found that several [people] did not know about the existence of Departments of Biostatistics and most of the rest thought biostatistics was the study of clinical trials.” So what is biostatistics then? Here are a few...
Quora Has Questions, Data Scientist Olivia Angiuli Has Answers
March 02, 2016
Olivia graduated in 2020 with a partial Ph.D in statistics from UC Berkley and now works for SingalFire. We spoke to Olivia when she was a data scientist at Quora, the popular answer-and-question website. She spoke with us about why she chose statistics as a major and data scientist as a career. Did you always...
What’s the Best Job in Business? Statistician, According to U.S. News & World Report
February 18, 2016
Move over marketing executive and finance director, and make room for statistician, the best job in business according to a recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News weighed factors such as salary, job growth, advancement opportunities and career satisfaction to determine the best jobs of 2016. Statistician also ranked high on other...
Statistician Katherine Thompson Describes Her Path to the U.S. Census Bureau
February 16, 2016
The American Statistical Association recently spoke with Katherine Thompson, the Methodology Director of Complex Survey Methods and Analysis Group in the Economic Statistical Methods Division of the U.S. Census Bureau about her position as a statistician. Below is an excerpt of the interview originally published in Amstat News. What or who inspired you to be a...
Data Scientist Most In-Demand Job, Reports Fast Company
January 27, 2016
Data scientists “are among the most wanted hires,” and to become one, individuals need skills in database management, statistics and machine learning, and distributed and parallel systems, reports Fast Company. The findings come from a recent report of jobs site Glassdoor, which ranks the top 25 jobs in America based on earning potential, career opportunities,...
Statistician Projected as Top 10 Fastest-Growing Job
January 21, 2016
Colleges and universities expand statistics and data analytics programs to meet growing demand ALEXANDRIA, VA, (January 18, 2016) – Statistician is projected to be one of the fastest-growing jobs in the U.S., according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, following over 15 years of already strong employment growth in the field. The Bureau of...