Occupation Atlasstatistician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ac8b3cd1-a127-4e6a-8208-5cfcf7111955
statistician
Statisticians collect, tabulate, and, most importantly, analyse quantitative information coming from a varied array of fields. They interpret and analyse statistical studies on fields such as health, demographics, finance, business, etc. and advise based on patterns and drawn analysis.
Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ICRInvestigative · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.58
- C Conventional6.03
- R Realistic2.14
- E Enterprising1.82
- A Artistic1.77
- S Social1.71
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Statisticians (15-2041.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (50)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct quantitative research
- conduct research across disciplines
- data ethics
- data quality assessment
- data science
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- digital data processing
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- gather data
- identify statistical patterns
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematical modelling
- mathematics
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- perform data analysis
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- process data
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- quantitative analysis
- research design
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- statistical analysis system software
- statistical modeling techniques
- statistics
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
Optional (35)
- advise on financial matters
- advise on legislative acts
- algorithms
- analyse big data
- apply blended learning
- assist scientific research
- biometrics
- build predictive models
- carry out statistical forecasts
- computer simulation
- conduct public surveys
- deliver visual presentation of data
- demography
- design questionnaires
- develop financial statistics reports
- develop scientific theories
- develop statistical software
- healthcare analytics
- information confidentiality
- manage database
- manage quantitative data
- market research
- marketing analytics
- multidisciplinary research
- opinion poll
- plan research process
- prepare lesson content
- present reports
- provide lesson materials
- set theory
- social network analysis
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- use mathematical tools and equipment
- use spreadsheets software
- write research proposals
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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