Part One: Warm Up
Discuss the following questions with a partner or group:
- What does a statistician do?
- Is statistics a growing field? Why or why not?
- How is statistics related to STEM?
- What types of businesses or organizations need statisticians?
Part Two: Reading
Read this article from Science magazine. Then, discuss the following questions with your same partner or group:
- What are some traditional fields that require statisticians?
- What are some new fields that require statisticians?
- What is "data science?"
- Are statistics jobs expected to grow or shrink between 2012 and 2022? How much are they expected to grow or shrink?
- Why do companies like Google need people with a knowledge of statistics?
- What are "life sciences?" Why do some life science fields need people with a knowledge of statistics?
- Are more or fewer students studying statistics these days?
- Describe Harvard's biostatistics program.
- From what you read in the article, do you think being a statistician is an easy or difficult job? Do you think it would be satisfying? Do you think it pays a competitive salary?
Part Three: Exploration
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