Where a statistician can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a statistician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
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.
Also known as statistic research scientist, statistics research scientist, statistics specialist, statistical scientist, statistics scientist, statistics research analyst, statistical data analyst, statistic research associate, statistical research scientist, statistics researcher, statistics scholar, statistics science researcher.
Professionals 85 skills on file 12 career moves 12 above 60% overlap Closest: biometrician, 80%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- mathematician 77% covered · difficulty 37.8
- astronomer 76% covered · difficulty 34.9
- seismologist 76% covered · difficulty 38.5
- religion scientific researcher 75% covered · difficulty 33.7
- biometrician 80% covered · difficulty 32.4
- thanatology researcher 74% covered · difficulty 40.3
- meteorologist 73% covered · difficulty 39.9
- oceanographer 72% covered · difficulty 40.3
- university research assistant 71% covered · difficulty 43.4
- philosopher 71% covered · difficulty 40.1
- communication scientist 71% covered · difficulty 41.2
- palaeontologist 71% covered · difficulty 43.3
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A statistician needs 50 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- identify statistical patterns information skills
- data ethics arts and humanities
- statistical modeling techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- data science information and communication technologies (icts)
- gather data information skills
- quantitative analysis social sciences, journalism and information
- data quality assessment business, administration and law
- digital data processing working with computers
- mathematical modelling natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- research design generic programmes and qualifications
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a statistician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Statistician is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a statistician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.