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Theory & Methods: Why do we do it? Statisticians and the Practice of Statistics
Author(s) -
Hunt Lesley
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-842X
pISSN - 1369-1473
DOI - 10.1111/1467-842x.00106
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , mathematics , work (physics) , field (mathematics) , interview , statistics , management science , data science , sociology , computer science , engineering , pure mathematics , mechanical engineering , geometry , anthropology
There has been no work done on why statisticians have chosen their particular profession. With the increasing emphasis on the development of biotechnology, it seems important to encourage people to take up statistics and to offer the perspective that the study of statistics brings. This paper is an attempt to develop a preliminary understanding, by open‐ended in‐depth interviewing, of the personal backgrounds that have encouraged present practising statisticians to move into this field, and to see how they experience their work.