Students’ experience of becoming a statistical consultant

Ayse Bilgin; Peter Petocz

Students’ experience of becoming a statistical consultant

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Abstract

Developments in computer software have made it easier to carry out statistical procedures, leading to a widespread use of statistical outputs in many fields. However, the need for statisticians, and statistical consultants in particular, has also increased, since the numbers and graphs that can be easily obtained from packages need to be interpreted into meaningful information. We can help statistics students to develop the required professionalism by giving them opportunities to work as statistical consultants while they are still studying: we were able to do just this in two recent offerings of a final-year ‘capstone’ unit of study. As part of their summative assessment, students wrote reflections on the process of applying their previous learning to a range of research and consulting problems. In this paper, we use these reflections to discuss students’ experience of becoming (and being) a statistical consultant.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IASE/IAOS Satellite 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Joint IASE/IAOS Satellite conference, Macao, China, August 2013
Editors	S. Forbes, B. Phillips
Place of Publication	Macao, China
Publisher	International Association for Statistical Education
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	International Association for Statistical Education Satellite Conference on Statistics Education Satellite Conference on Statistics Education for Progress - Macao, China Duration: 22 Aug 2013 → 24 Aug 2013

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Conference	International Association for Statistical Education Satellite Conference on Statistics Education Satellite Conference on Statistics Education for Progress
City	Macao, China
Period	22/08/13 → 24/08/13

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Dealing with the increased assessment workload of incorporating work‐integrated learning in a capstone unit for an undergraduate major in statistics
Bilgin, A. A. & Petocz, P., 2019, IASE 2019 Satellite Conference Proceedings: Decision Making Based on Data. Budgett, S. (ed.). International Association for Statistical Education, 1 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract
Industry collaboration through work-integrated learning in a capstone unit
Bilgin, A. A., Bulger, D. & Petocz, P., 2018, Looking back, looking forward: proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10, July, 2018), Kyoto, Japan. Sorto, M. A., White, A. & Guyot, L. (eds.). Voorburg: International Statistical Institute, p. 1-7 7 p.
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Bilgin, A., & Petocz, P. (2013). Students’ experience of becoming a statistical consultant. In S. Forbes, & B. Phillips (Eds.), IASE/IAOS Satellite 2013: Proceedings of the Joint IASE/IAOS Satellite conference, Macao, China, August 2013 (pp. 1-6). International Association for Statistical Education. http://iase-web.org/documents/papers/sat2013/IASE_IAOS_2013_Paper_3.2.3_Bilgin&Petocz.pdf

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Bilgin, A & Petocz, P 2013, Students’ experience of becoming a statistical consultant. in S Forbes & B Phillips (eds), IASE/IAOS Satellite 2013: Proceedings of the Joint IASE/IAOS Satellite conference, Macao, China, August 2013. International Association for Statistical Education, Macao, China, pp. 1-6, International Association for Statistical Education Satellite Conference on Statistics Education Satellite Conference on Statistics Education for Progress, Macao, China, 22/08/13. <http://iase-web.org/documents/papers/sat2013/IASE_IAOS_2013_Paper_3.2.3_Bilgin&Petocz.pdf>

Students’ experience of becoming a statistical consultant. / Bilgin, Ayse; Petocz, Peter.
IASE/IAOS Satellite 2013: Proceedings of the Joint IASE/IAOS Satellite conference, Macao, China, August 2013. ed. / S. Forbes; B. Phillips. Macao, China: International Association for Statistical Education, 2013. p. 1-6.

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Dealing with the increased assessment workload of incorporating work‐integrated learning in a capstone unit for an undergraduate major in statistics

Industry collaboration through work-integrated learning in a capstone unit

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