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Statistics has been one of the top most opted career by may students nowadays because of its demand and wide scope in the corporate not only in India but also in various foreign countries.The work of Statistician is to collect the data and by using the expert knowledge of statistical methods interprets numerical facts and creates a valuable information by way of summary of data and findings.A statistician can work in numerous fields like Applied Statistics,Agriculture,Education,Finance,IT,Medical etc. While they have a wide scope of career opportunities available both in Public as well as Private Sector.
In order to be a Statistician one needs to check whether his area of interest lies in this field or nor because one needs to be very good with the Mathematics part. In order to check this i would suggest you to go for CareerGuide.com's Psychometric Aptitude Test which will give you an clear insight about it.
One must have the following Aptitude's and Attributes in order to make a career in Statistics:- 1.Good at Mathematics2.Must have Critical Thinking3.Active Listening4.Reading Comprehension5.Active Learning6.Complex Problem Solving7.Judgement and Decision Making8.Good Communication and Presentation Skills9.Good Writing Skills10.Science11.Good System Analysis and its knowledge12.Learning Strategies13.Operation Analysis14.Time Management15.Ready to learn new things16.Coordination17.Leadership Skills18.Enthusiasm and Self-confidence19.Team work
These are some of the Aptitudes that one must have in order to make a career in Statistics.
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