What makes a statistician more valuable to an organization?

How does a statistician’s work culture differ from working in a large company to working with a smaller organization?

Would statisticians be able to bring more value to their work, especially when working with smaller companies?

When the term “statistician” comes to mind, it is easy to picture a person who sits for hours behind a desk working with numbers and mathematical analysis. However, there is something more to statisticians than what actually meets the eye. More than just the expectation of a person being a brilliant person who understands numbers better than the average individual. The truth is, statisticians are the ones who have the capacity to bring change to the table, especially because they know what the numbers are telling them. In this episode, Kim and I talk about how statisticians become the big fish in a small pond when they work with smaller organizations.

Here are some key learnings you may be interested in as you listen through this episode: