Statisticians interpret data and communicate results to their clients, often with the aid of mathematical techniques and software. In this role you'll ensure that complex statistical concepts are explained in a way the client can understand, and advise on strategy. Some studies take only a few months to complete, while others require years of work. Your general tasks may include consulting with clients and agreeing what data to collect and how it should be gathered - taking into account any ethical and legislative considerations, designing experiments, trials or surveys to produce the required data, collecting and analysing the data, interpreting the data and making sure that the right decisions are made based on the results, monitoring data collected throughout its shelf life, presenting results to others, such as senior managers, regulatory authorities and clients, advising policymakers on key decisions based on results, carrying out research, often as part of a team, writing reports and articles for publication, presenting findings at conferences both in the UK and abroad and much more

Taken from prospects 2024. 

The main routes to getting this role are:

• Universitry- you gain gain a degree to earn this role. 

• College course- you could take a relevant college course to earn this role. 

• An apprenticeship- you could gain an apprenticeship within this sector. 

You'll usually need a degree or postgraduate degree in:

• Statistics

• Mathematics

• Economics

• Operational research

• Psychology

You may be able to apply for jobs if you have a degree in a subject that included statistics as part of your course, for example social science or geography.

Courses that give you the chance to spend a year in industry or get work experience through placements, internships or real business projects may give you an advantage when you are looking for graduate jobs.

Personal Statement Help

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You could start in a junior data analysis role through a data technician advanced apprenticeship.

You could go on to complete a data analysis higher apprenticeship or data scientist degree apprenticeship.

If you want to work in health data analysis you could do a medical statistician degree apprenticeship.

Apprenticeship Finder

https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/government-statistical-service-and-statistician-group/gss-careers-and-learning/gss-apprenticeships/

Interview Help

https://www.mygreatlearning.com/blog/statistics-interview-questions/

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