Statisticians design experiments, interpret data, monitor ongoing processes, and set forth the results to make it easier to make decisions. In government, they provide information on the labor force, monitor health and safety data, and predict how policy changes will affect a population. Insurance companies and health providers look to the statistician to provide data necessary to determine rates and the distribution of services. Operations research analysts use mathematical methods to decide resource allocation and production scheduling. They work in government and business with the specific objective of optimizing performance and profit .
Actuaries apply mathematics, probability, and statistics to the fields of insurance and pensions.
Most employers of actuaries are insurance companies, pension consultants, firms that administer their own pension plans, and health care industries. Statistics and Operations Research, New York University. All rights reserved.