Path to Becoming a Data Analyst in Statistics
Explore the journey of becoming a data analyst in statistics, from education in formal and informal settings to the importance of internships in cultivating a love for data analysis. Discover how statisticians and data analysts play a crucial role in deciphering the world of data around us.
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Statistician Data Analyst Chris Greco, Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics Data Analyst for over 40 years Taught Statistics to Middle School, College Students, and Federal Employees
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What Does It All Mean? Statistics is the study of statistics The study of data started in the 1600s in England Data is the plural of datum Your whole life is composed of data Every day from the time you awake to sleep data rules your life Weather reports, school start times, clothes you wear, even music Everything is determined by data, for bad or good In order to understand Statistics, you must understand data
Statisticians Understand Data Statisticians usually have a broad education of Statistics Some Statisticians are specialists in a specific area of Statistics All Data Analysts have studied Statistics In order to understand data, one must understand origination In companies, Statisticians are usually a normal employee If you have a background in Statistics, it can only help you What do you need to do to get that background This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY
Education Take courses in Statistics, not necessarily Data Analytics Data Analytics seem to guide you in the direction of software Statistics can be done without ANY software In many cases, Statistics is covered in middle school and high school Your ability to understand and discover data is the basis Education can be formal or informal (take free courses) Ensure you take at least one Statistics course in college This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC
Internships Companies love to cultivate data analysts Really cultivating a love of Statistics Statistics is becoming more important as more data is available Everything can be analyzed from cell phone statistics to medical codes The one area that needs immense employment is called churn Churn is when one customer goes to another company Why? Cannot find an Internship? Volunteer. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC
Statistics Knowledge Gained from Life Average (Mean) GPA? Median (From commercials) Median Household Income Straight Line Regression Charts and Graphs Media coverage YOUR inquisitive attitude Questions about presented data
Examples of Data? Data.gov for a start Every government agency has a data port with downloadable data Take the data and do your own work Something as simple as taking a mean of the data can help It is also something to put on your resume DO NOT assume that one course in Statistics will do it It is your responsibility to analyze data Try it without the fancy software look up formula and hand calculate This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Look for Information There are thousands of videos discussing Statistics Start with YouTube and go from there Read books on Statistics or Data Analytics Remember that Statistics automatically includes Probability Probability is something that is not emphasized Fun probability examples Remember that, without probability, Statistics would not exist This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
Summary Statistics is the study of data Learning Statistics demands learning probability Education is as simple as clicking on a link Internships in data analytics are out there You must love analyzing data otherwise forget it Don t love math that is okay Statistics is not mathematics, it uses it Must ask the right questions
Contact More information Ask your teacher to contact me with any questions www.grectech.com The Data Show on PODTV (Search through YouTube) Look in used bookstore for Statistics Books (Intro to Stats) Click on the Data.Gov (https://data.gov/) link for any data you may want Use the free software available for Statistics include Libre Office (https://www.libreoffice.org/) which includes a spreadsheet program that I highly recommend Plenty of data analytic software include KNIME (https://www.knime.com/)
