statisticians

Explores the skills, educational background, and responsibilities of mathematicians and statisticians, and examines the benefits and disadvantages of this career. Features interviews with people in this field, and provides advice on resume-writing and interviewing. Includes black-and-white photographs, a glossary, and additional resources.

Discusses the career of a sports statistician, describing how to get started, the realities of the workplace, and more.

Profiles 103 important statisticians born between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, including such figures as Blaise Pascal, Pierre de Fermat, Florence Nightingale, Gregor Mendel, and John Maynard Keynes, describing their lives and the impacts of their accomplishments on the world.

Stats have been around since sports began, but today, high-level math, computer savvy, and imaginative sports-lovers have created the active science of analytics.