Examples of Computing Uses for Statisticians

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Examples of Computing Uses for Statisticians

• Data management data entry, data extraction,
  data cleaning, data storage, data manipulation,
  data distribution
• Mathematical symbolic processing Algebraic
  manipulation, deriving analytic solutions to
  algebraic problems
• Simulation methods Investigating performance of
  procedures under various distributional
  assumptions, resampling methods (e.g. bootstrap,
  jackknife), Markov Chain Monte Carlo,
  randomizations tests
• Data analysis descriptive statistics and data
  visualization, statistical modelling including
  parameter estimation and hypothesis testing
• Information delivery Report generation, data
  transfer, web deployment, etc

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Types of Software Used by Statisticians

• Spreadsheets
• Databases
• Mathematical symbolic processing
• General stats packages programmable
• General stats packages interactive non-
  programmable
• Specialized software
• Custom software
• Other (word processing, document production,
  reference management, )

See http//www.amstat.org/profession/index.cfm?fu
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Typical Data Flow

• Collect (enter, extract or generate)
• Store and manage
• Manipulate
• Analyze/Explore
• Report/Disseminate

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