Overview
- Highlights a prominent research statistician’s contributions to problems arising in industry applications
- Aims to motivate up-and-coming statisticians to consider real-world applications of their research
- Provides a more complete perspective on statistics, featuring unique insights and historical context on several of the author’s contributions to the field
Part of the book series: Statistics for Industry, Technology, and Engineering (SITE)
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This monograph highlights the connection between the theoretical work done by research statisticians and the impact that work has on various industries. Drawing on decades of experience as an industry consultant, the author details how his contributions have had a lasting impact on the field of statistics as a whole. Aspiring statisticians and data scientists will be motivated to find practical applications for their knowledge, as they see how such work can yield breakthroughs in their field.
Each chapter highlights a consulting position the author held that resulted in a significant contribution to statistical theory. Topics covered include tracking processes with change points, estimating common parameters, crossing fields with absorption points, military operations research, sampling surveys, stochastic visibility in random fields, reliability analysis, applied probability, and more. Notable advancements within each of these topics are presented by analyzing the problems facing various industries, and how solving those problems contributed to the development of the field.The Career of a Research Statistician is ideal for researchers, graduate students, or industry professionals working in statistics. It will be particularly useful for up-and-coming statisticians interested in the promising connection between academia and industry.Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
- Research statistician
- Data analysis
- Data analysis practical
- Data analysis impact
- Statistical Theory
- Statistics for industry
- Statistics military
- Change points
- Crossing fields absorption points
- Prediction theory
- Applied probability
- Statistical Consulting
- Industrial Statistics
- Statistical Methodologies
- Statistical Problem Solving
Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Career of a Research Statistician
Book Subtitle: From Consulting to Theoretical Development
Authors: Shelemyahu Zacks
Series Title: Statistics for Industry, Technology, and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39434-9
Publisher: Birkhäuser Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-39433-2Published: 14 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-39436-3Published: 14 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-39434-9Published: 13 March 2020
Series ISSN: 2662-5555
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5563
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 209
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Statistical Theory and Methods