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.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 77%
- Destinations
- 12each with a full record
- Within reach
- 12difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 85required or supplementary
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
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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
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a statistician already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.