Biostatisticians are the shepherds (and the police) that guide the science of developing new therapies for disease. They come in several different flavors: Those involved in gathering information, designing experiments and analyzing data at the drug discovery stage - trying to sort out what works…
Many jobs are centered around risk management. If you’re looking through job postings, of course, you’ll see lots of jobs whose purpose is to make sure that nothing bad happens - the equivalent of locking the doors and closing the windows. More interesting from a…
Data science is one of a host of similar terms. “Artificial intelligence” has been around since the 1960’s and “data mining” for at least a couple of decades. “Machine learning” came out of the computer science community, and “analytics,” “data analytics,” and “predictive analytics” came…
Many jobs are centered around risk management. If you're looking through job postings, of course, you'll see lots of jobs whose purpose is to make sure that nothing bad happens - the equivalent of locking the doors and closing the windows. More interesting from a…
The field of sports statistician is not exactly new; the American Statistical Association's section on Sports Statistics was formed in 1992. Three of Statistics.com's instructors have professional experience in sports statistics - Ben Baumer (SQL) served as statistician for the NY Mets, Stephanie Kovalchik (Meta…
A digital marketer handles a variety of tasks in online marketing - managing online advertising and search engine optimization (SEO), implementing tracking systems (e.g. to identify how a person came to a retailer), web development, preparing creatives, implementing tests, and, of course, analytics. There are…
Data science is one of a host of similar terms. Artificial intelligence has been around since the 1960's and data mining for at least a couple of decades. Machine learning came out of the computer science community, and analytics, data analytics, and predictive analytics came…
