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Abstract:
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Many statisticians, especially those in the private sector outside of pharma, work in roles primarily consultative in nature. In these roles, we typically provide guidance to engineers, business people, or other professionals to solve statistical aspects of their problems. Due to many radical changes in our environment, such as the growth of the internet in global enterprises, the demand for high-cost statistical consulting services has flattened---if not decreased. Conversely, some statisticians in research environments have migrated to a more proactive role, which some call collaborative research. A major uniqueness of this role versus consulting is that the statistician collaborates on the problem as an equal researcher, sharing responsibility for problem resolution, as well as for publication and patenting. We plan to discuss these roles in more detail.
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