What is Statistics?
The Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary® definition is: "A branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data."
The steps of statistical analysis involve collecting information, evaluating it, and drawing conclusions. The information might be:
- A test group's favorite amount of sweetness in a blend of fruit juices
- The number of men and women hired by a city government
- The velocity of a burning gas on the sun's surface
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Related Career Titles
Accountant | Actuarial Statistician | Aircraft Designer |
Animal Health Statistician | Algorithm Designer | Architect |
Bank Officer | Bio Statistician | Bookkeeper |
Business Analyst | Clinical Programmer | Computer Scientist |
Cost Estimator | Cryptographer/Cryptologist | Data Analyst |
Data Miner | Database Administrator | Demographer |
Development Manager | Econometrician | Economist |
Environmental Scientist | Epidemiological Statistician | Financial Analyst |
Financial Engineer | Financial Planner | Financial Statistician |
Forensic Statistician | Foresting Statistician | Game Designer |
Geologist | Government Statistician | Health Services Statistician |
Industrial Engineer | Industrial Statistician | Inventory Analyst |
Investigator | Investment Banker | Lawyer |
Market Survey Research | Marketing Information Analyst | Mathematician |
Measurement Statistician | Media Specialist | Medical Statistician |
Meteorologist | Operations Research Analyst | Personal Financial Advisor |
Pharmaceutical Engineer | Pharmaceutical Statistician | Physicist |
Pilot | Professor | Programmer Analyst |
Project Manager | Psychologist | Quality Analyst |
Reliability Engineer | Research Scientist | Researcher |
Risk Analyst | Science Writer | Scientist |
Social Scientist | Software Engineer | Statistical Consultant |
Statistical Methodologist | Statistical Programmer | Survey Methodologist |
Survey Statistician | Systems Analyst | Systems Engineer |
Teacher | Telecommunications Engineer | Webmaster |
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Related Major Skills
Problem Solving | Ability to analyze and interpret data |
Logical thinking | Evaluating theoretical models |
Systemizing skills | Organizational skills |
Critical thinking | Teamwork skills |
Advanced quantitative skills | Numerical computation |
Computer literacy | Ability to design experiments |
Verbal and written communication skills | Advising skills |
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Job & Internship Search Links
- Handshake -- UNCW's Online Job & Career Portal
- Job Search Resources
- Statistics Jobs
- American Statistical Association Job Search Site
- Worldwide Actuarial Search
- NC State Gov. Research & Statistics
- Internship Resources
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Career Planning Links
- Candid Career Videos
- Discover Data Science
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- O*NET OnLine
- NC Tower
- Minorities in Statistics
- National Center for Science & Engineering Statistics: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
- Careers in Science & Engineering - A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond
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Professional Association Links
- International Statistical Institute
- SAS
- Association for Computing Machinery
- National Institute of Statistical Sciences
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What is the branch of mathematics that deals with collecting organizing and interpreting of data?
Statistics is the branch of mathematics that studies the collection, organization, analysis and interpretation of numerical data.
What is the branch of mathematics dealing with the collection analysis interpretation presentation and organization of data * 2 points?
Statistics is a branch of mathematics dealing with data collection, organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation.
What is the science of the collection organization and interpretation of data?
The science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data in a meaningful manner is statistics.
What is a branch of mathematics dealing with?
A branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data is called statistics.