From ICT research consultant to statistician
34 of the 50 essential skills of a statistician are already essential for a ICT research consultant — about 68% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 34
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 68%
- of the target job covered
- 50
- essential skills of a statistician
What a statistician does
Statisticians collect, tabulate, and, most importantly, analyse quantitative information coming from a varied array of fields. They interpret and analyse statistical studies on fields such as health, demographics, finance, business, etc. and advise based on patterns and drawn analysis.
What carries over
34 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct quantitative research
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- digital data processing
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a statistician and not for a ICT research consultant. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- apply scientific methods
- data ethics
- data quality assessment
- data science
- gather data
- identify statistical patterns
- mathematical modelling
- mathematics
- perform data analysis
- process data
- quantitative analysis
- research design
- scientific literature
- statistical analysis system software
- statistical modeling techniques
- statistics
Other moves from ICT research consultant
2 roles- computer scientist39 skills in common
- economist34 skills in common
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