Interview with Jill A. Dever, Statistics Program Director at RTI International
October 6, 2015
What or who inspired you to be a statistician? If I start at the very beginning, I have to blame it on those aggravating math flash cards. My parents worried about my slow progress in...
More Students Earning Statistics Degrees, But Not Enough To Meet Surging Demand for Statisticians
October 1, 2015
ALEXANDRIA, VA, OCTOBER 1, 2015 – Statistics is one of the fastest-growing degrees in the U.S., but the growth may not be enough to satisfy the high demand for statisticians in technology, consumer products, health...
Data Scientist Shannon Cebron on Why She Loves Coming to Work
September 30, 2015
Shannon is a data scientist at Pegged Software, a Baltimore-based tech company that is revolutionizing the hiring process to make it work better for employees and employers. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree...
“I Wish I Had Taken a Class in Statistics,” Writes Journalist
September 2, 2015
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the value of a statistics education for career success, no matter the field. But we hear less about the advantage statistical literacy can give each of us in...
Statistician Among Top Three Jobs for Millennials
September 1, 2015
Young Invincibles, an advocacy group focused on economic issues facing young adults, recently ranked the best jobs for Millennials, and statistician tied for third place, beating out better-known jobs like computer scientist, software developer, and...