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Job Description
Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information. May specialize in fields such as bio-statistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics. Includes mathematical and survey statisticians.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 15-2041.00
 - The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 85,160.00
 - The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 40.00
 - Currently, there are 33,440 people on this job
 
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Statisticians”.
Also Known As…
- Statisticians
 - Trend Investigator
 - Statistician (Demographer)
 - Statistician
 - Statistical Analyst
 - Senior Statistician
 - Program Research Specialist
 - Private Statistical/Psychometric Consultant
 - Human Resource Statistician
 - Clinical Statistics Manager
 - Assistant Division Chief for Statistical Program Management
 - Time Study Statistician
 - Survey Statistician
 - Statistical Engineer
 - Sports Statistician
 - Sampling Expert
 - Research Statistician
 - Research Analyst
 - Mathematical Statistician
 - Institutional Research Director
 - Education Research Analyst
 - Data Coordinator
 - Clinical Documentation Consultant
 - Clinical Data Coordinator
 - Clinical Analyst
 - Applied Statistician
 - Analytical Statistician
 
Tasks for “Research Associate”
- Design research projects that apply valid scientific techniques and use information obtained from baselines or historical data to structure uncompromised and efficient analyses.
 - Present statistical and nonstatistical results using charts, bullets, and graphs in meetings or conferences to audiences such as clients, peers, and students.
 - Evaluate the statistical methods and procedures used to obtain data to ensure validity, applicability, efficiency, and accuracy.
 - Evaluate sources of information to determine any limitations in terms of reliability or usability.
 - Adapt statistical methods to solve specific problems in many fields, such as economics, biology, and engineering.
 - Develop an understanding of fields to which statistical methods are to be applied to determine whether methods and results are appropriate.
 - Process large amounts of data for statistical modeling and graphic analysis, using computers.
 - Supervise and provide instructions for workers collecting and tabulating data.
 - Plan data collection methods for specific projects and determine the types and sizes of sample groups to be used.
 - Report results of statistical analyses in peer-reviewed papers and technical manuals.
 - Develop and test experimental designs, sampling techniques, and analytical methods.
 - Prepare data for processing by organizing information, checking for any inaccuracies, and adjusting and weighting the raw data.
 - Apply sampling techniques or use complete enumeration bases to determine and define groups to be surveyed.
 - Examine theories, such as those of probability and inference, to discover mathematical bases for new or improved methods of obtaining and evaluating numerical data.
 - Report results of statistical analyses, including information in the form of graphs, charts, and tables.
 - Analyze and interpret statistical data to identify significant differences in relationships among sources of information.
 - Identify relationships and trends in data, as well as any factors that could affect the results of research.
 - Develop software applications or programming to use for statistical modeling and graphic analysis.
 
Related Technology & Tools
- Laptop computers
 - Personal computers
 - Desktop computers
 
- SAS Enterprise Miner
 - Insightful S-PLUS
 - SPSS
 - Wolfram Research Mathematica
 - SPSS AnswerTree
 - SAS/CONNECT
 - R
 - Structured query language SQL
 - SAP
 - GraphPad Software GraphPad Prism
 - SPSS Amos
 - SAS JMP
 - Systat Software SigmaStat
 - RAT-STATS
 - Microsoft Office
 - Aptech Systems GAUSS
 - XGobi
 - Microsoft PowerPoint
 - Linux
 - XLISP-STAT
 - SuperANOVA
 - Angoss KnowledgeSEEKER
 - Scientific Software International SSI LISREL
 - DataDescription DataDesk
 - C++
 - StataCorp Stata
 - Common business oriented language COBOL
 - Microsoft Access
 - Visual Numerics TS-WAVE
 - Scientific Software International SSI Hierarchical Linear and Non-Linear Modeling HLM
 - Tableau
 - SAS
 - Apache Hadoop
 - NCSS Power Analysis and Sample Size PASS
 - Stat-Ease Design-Ease
 - Automatic Forecasting Systems Autobox
 - Econometric Software LIMDEP
 - UNIX
 - NCR Teradata Warehouse Miner
 - Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
 - Apache Pig
 - IBM DB2
 - Minitab
 - Sun Microsystems Java
 - UNISTAT Statistical Package
 - Stat-Ease Design-Expert
 - Sybase PowerBuilder
 - Python
 - Quantitative Micro Software EViews
 - STATISTICA
 - Muthen & Muthen MPlus
 - Teradata Database
 - Camfit Data Limited Microfit
 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
 - Cytel StatXact
 - Systat Software SigmaPlot
 - Microsoft Word
 - StatPoint STATGRAPHICS Centurion
 - The MathWorks MATLAB
 - Microsoft Visual Basic
 - Statistical Solutions BMDP
 - Microsoft Excel