Careers in Statistics

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Careers in Statistics

• begin in the
• Department of Statistics
• at the
• University of South Carolina.

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Congratulations on Studying Statistics

• Citizenship tool
• Research tool
• 1st step toward statistics career

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Do You Know?

• Statisticians affect your daily life
• To see this, we only need to look at their jobs

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Where Do Statisticians Work?

• Business
• Government
• Higher Education

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Statisticians in Pharmaceuticals

• Pharmaceuticals must be proven safe and effective
• Statisticians design experiments and analyze data
  to establish evidence

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Statisticians in Manufacturing

• Design experiments to improve quality and
  reliability
• Great improvement in quality due to these
  experiments

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Statisticians in Electrical Utilities

• Forecast demand for electricity
• Help decide when new power plants are needed

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Statisticians in Market Research

• Evaluate marketing strategies
• Determine those most likely to purchase products

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Statisticians in Medical Research

• Design clinical trials and analyze data
• Major improvements in health care

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Statisticians in Banks

• Develop credit scoring rules for banks
• Affects whether you get credit card

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Statisticians in Insurance

• Actuaries assess risk for insurance companies
• Affects the price you pay for insurance

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Statisticians in US Government

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Estimate rates of inflation and unemployment
• These estimates affect interest rates
• Census Bureau
• Performs Federal census
• Determines number of U.S. House Representatives

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... in US Government

• Internal Revenue Service
• Develop decision rules for auditing returns
• Affects whether your tax return is audited
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Design experiments and analyze data to find if
  materials damage environment

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... in US Government

• National Security Agency
• Code breaking and enemy military analysis
• Department of Agriculture
• Estimate crop yields

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Statisticians in State Government

• DHEC
• Parks, Recreation Tourism
• Budget Control Board
• Dept. of Education
• Corrections
• Dept. of Insurance

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Statisticians in Higher Education

• Statistics Professor
• Perform institutional research
• Statistical consulting with researchers from
  other fields

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Demand for Statisticians

• Strong demand for statisticians
• Great pay
• Excellent working conditions

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Tools Statisticians Use

• Statistics
• Mathematics
• Computing
• Teamwork skills
• Written Oral Communications

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Statisticians Wear Many Hats

• Consultant
• Applying methods to solve problems
• Teacher
• Statistical methods and reasoning
• Researcher
• Developing methods

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University of South Carolina

• Only S.C. college with B.S. in Statistics
• 15 faculty members
• Award winning teaching and research
• Over 200 B.S. degrees awarded

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University of South Carolina

• Excellent Honors College
• Many scholarships are available

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Its Time to Be a Stat Major

• contact
• Undergraduate Director
• Dept. of Statistics
• Univ. of South Carolina
• Columbia, SC 29208
• [phone]
• Under_dir_at_stat.sc.edu