A Career in Statistics: Beyond the Numbers

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Academia

administrative service, 294–295

careers in, 269–308

comparison with business, industry and government, 271–272, 305

department chair, 301

location within, 277

teaching challenges, 280–285

tenure. see Tenure

training for, 298–300

types of positions, 273–276

what statisticians do, 270–273

Academic appointment

adjunct professor, 274–276

assistant professor, 274

associate professor, 274

clinical professor, 274–275

distinguished chair, 300

endowed chair, 300

full professor, 274

instructor, 274–275

lecturer, 274

letter, 276

2-month, 276

9-month, 276

postdoc, 274–275

temporary, 274

visiting professor, 275–276

Academic career

bright sides, 304

downsides, 303

Academic freedom, 277, 304

Academic leader, 300

Academic year, 273, 276

Accelerated life testing, 25, 202, (footnote) 221, 226

Acceptance sampling, 23, 76, 127

Accreditation, 2, 15–16

Actuarial science, 2, 15

Adjunct professor, 150, 254

Advanced Placement course in statistics, 10, 114

Advertising claim, 13, 26, 28, 30, 67, 207, 211, 217, 249

Agricultural research, 62–63

Agriculture Department, Economic Research Service, 46

AIDS epidemic, 261

Allen, R., (footnote) 35

American Association for Public Opinion Research, 16

American Chemical Society, 16

American Community Survey (ACS), 43

American Economics Association, 16

American Educational Research Association, 16

American Society for Quality (ASQ), 16, (footnote) 206, 263, 290, 314

Statistics Division, 316

American Statistical Association (ASA), 2, 16, 27, 90, 115, ...