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Activity Number: 254
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences
Abstract - #308249
Title: The Job Outlook for Biostatistics Graduates
Author(s): Stephen W. Looney*+ and Joseph L. Hagan
Companies: Medical College of Georgia and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Address: Dept of Biostatistics, Augusta, GA, 30912-4900,
Keywords: employment opportunities ; Amstat News ; Masters students ; Ph.D. students
Abstract:

In this presentation, we consider the problem of estimating the annual number of masters and doctoral biostatistics graduates in the United States. We also consider estimation of the number of job opportunities for these graduates. We describe and compare several methodologies used to produce these estimates. We discuss the inherent difficulties in estimating the number of entry-level jobs available. We also compare our methodology to that of a similar study conducted in 1994. We conclude that the job outlook is good for biostatistics graduates, especially for those obtaining a PhD.

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