00:03Top Ten Reasons to Become a StatisticianFound

Sep

10

2004

I just finished my COMM 203 Quantative Research Method. Quite overwhelmed by terminologies, I found this list and felt kind of released now.

It's from Erich Friedman's website who is working as Associate Professor of Mathematics and ex-Chair of the Math and Computer Science Department at Stetson University. He has a collection of some fascinating TOP-TEN lists.

The following one is from the Math Humor section.

Top Ten Reasons to Become a Statistician

10. Deviation is considered normal.
9. We feel complete and sufficient.
8. We are mean lovers.
7. Statisticians do it discretely and continuously.
6. We are right 95% of the time.
5. We can safely comment on someone's posterior distribution.
4. We may not be normal but we are transformable.
3. We never have to say we are certain.
2. We are honestly significantly different.
1. No one wants our jobs.

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