Statistical Assistants
Tasks Include:
- Compute and analyze data, using statistical formulas and computers or calculators.
- Enter data into computers for use in analyses or reports.
- Compile statistics from source materials, such as production or sales records, quality-control or test records, time sheets, or survey sheets.
- Compile reports, charts, or graphs that describe and interpret findings of analyses.
- Check source data to verify completeness and accuracy.
- Participate in the publication of data or information.
- File data and related information, and maintain and update databases.
- Organize paperwork, such as survey forms or reports, for distribution or analysis.
- Code data prior to computer entry, using lists of codes.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +10.7%
National: +1.2%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$48,880.00
State
$51,530.00
Regional
Statistical Assistants
Description
Career Cluster: | Government & Public Administration |
Compile and compute data according to statistical formulas for use in statistical studies. May perform actuarial computations and compile charts and graphs for use by actuaries. Includes actuarial clerks.
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Statistical Assistants
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 59.21%
- Some College Courses = 11.93%
- Master's Degree = 11.30%
- First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. = 7.38%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 6.03%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 2.07%
- Doctoral Degree = 2.07%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 32.66%
- None = 24.18%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 13%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 8.56%
- Over 10 years = 7.38%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.27%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 4.73%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 3.22%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.98%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 30.54%
- None = 23.43%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 16.96%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.79%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.60%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 4.30%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.38%
On-the-Job Training
- None or short demonstration = 27.57%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 18.92%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 18.02%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 17.64%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 13.15%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 4.33%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.38%
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Statistical Assistants
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Compute and analyze data, using statistical formulas and computers or calculators.
- Enter data into computers for use in analyses or reports.
- Compile statistics from source materials, such as production or sales records, quality-control or test records, time sheets, or survey sheets.
- Compile reports, charts, or graphs that describe and interpret findings of analyses.
- Check source data to verify completeness and accuracy.
- Participate in the publication of data or information.
- File data and related information, and maintain and update databases.
- Organize paperwork, such as survey forms or reports, for distribution or analysis.
- Code data prior to computer entry, using lists of codes.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Discuss data presentation requirements with clients.
- Select statistical tests for analyzing data.
- Check survey responses for errors, such as the use of pens instead of pencils, and set aside response forms that cannot be used.
- Interview people and keep track of their responses.
- Send out surveys.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Statistical Assistants
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Calculators or accessories (10-key calculators)
- Desktop computers
- Calculators or accessories (Graphing calculators)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Liquid crystal display projector (Liquid crystal display LCD video projectors)
- Personal computers
- Mainframe computers (Supercomputers)
- High capacity removable media drives (Universal serial bus USB flash drives)
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Benfield ReMetrica
- Insightful S-PLUS
- Minitab software
- SAS software
- SPSS software
- StataCorp Stata
- StatSoft STATISTICA software
- Systat Software SigmaStat
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Customer relationship management CRM software
- Avidian Technologies Prophet
- Data base reporting software
- Business Objects Crystal Reports
- Data base user interface and query software
- dBase
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
- Development environment software
- A programming language APL
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Financial analysis software
- GGY AXIS
- PolySystems Asset Delphi
- Towers Perrin MoSes
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Harvard Graphics software
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Object or component oriented development software
- C++
- R
- Sun Microsystems Java
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Corel WordPerfect software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Statistical Assistants
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
76.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
74.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
71.25 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
59.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
53.75 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
50.00 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Statistical Assistants
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
84.50 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
68.75 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
68.75 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
65.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
65.50 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
62.50 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
59.50 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
59.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
56.25 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
56.25 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Programming | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Statistical Assistants
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
90.50 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
75.00 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
72.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
72.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
68.75 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
68.75 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
68.75 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
65.50 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
62.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
62.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
59.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
56.25 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
53.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
50.00 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
50.00 | Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Statistical Assistants
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
94.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
87.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
85.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
84.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
84.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
80.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
77.50 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
77.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
71.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
71.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
70.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
63.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
62.00 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
59.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
52.50 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
52.50 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
51.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
50.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
50.25 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
50.00 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Statistical Assistants
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
95.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
85.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
85.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
82.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
78.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
75.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
71.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
70.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
68.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
68.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
67.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
64.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
64.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
56.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
55.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
54.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Statistical Assistants
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
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Statistical Assistants
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
99.80 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
95.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
94.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
89.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
87.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
87.80 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
81.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
80.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
80.40 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
79.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
73.20 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
72.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
69.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
69.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
68.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
64.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
60.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
59.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
58.40 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
56.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
55.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
55.40 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
53.20 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
53.00 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $35,820.00 | $48,880.00 | $64,560.00 |
Virginia | $40,700.00 | $51,530.00 | $60,760.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | $45,606.95 | $57,537.55 | $64,847.76 |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 8,500 | 8,600 | +1.2% |
Virginia | 149 | 165 | +10.7% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Actuarial Analyst
- Actuarial Assistant
- Actuarial Technician
- Actuary
- Actuary Clerk
- Advertising Statistical Clerk
- Analytical Clerk
- Board Operator
- Board Worker
- Boardmarker
- Bookman
- Chart Calculator
- Chart Changer
- Chart Clerk
- Compilation Clerk
- Compiler
- Core Man
- Core Worker
- Crime Data Specialist
- Data Analysis Assistant
- Data Analyst
- Data Technician
- Editing Clerk
- Fiscal Clerk
- Management Engineer
- Mathematical Technician
- Mileage Clerk
- Planimeter Operator
- Product Operations Associate
- Prorate Clerk
- Proration Clerk
- Record Clerk Salesperson
- Record Tabulating Clerk
- Report Clerk
- Research Assistant
- Research Associate
- Statistical Clerk
- Tabulating Clerk
- Tariff Compiler
- Tariff Compiling Clerk
- Technical Analyst
- Wheelage Clerk
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Related Schools
- American National University
- Centura College-Chesapeake
- Centura College-Newport News
- Stratford University
- Strayer University-Virginia
- University of the Potomac-VA Campus
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