Program Related Skills
Academic courses in this program provide opportunities to develop the following types of skills. Check out our My Career Centre webpage to learn how to articulate skills you’ve developed in your program to employers and/or academic admissions committees in our Skills from your Academics module (under our ‘Assess Yourself’ section). Make a career counselling or an employment strategy appointment to discuss how you can demonstrate these skills to employers.
- Communication: Effectively describe complex statistical findings to diverse audiences.
- Critical Thinking: Evaluate statistical data, using mathematical reasoning and analytical thinking to interpret key findings and take-aways.
- Data Visualization: Create clear and informative visual representations of data to effectively communicate information.
- Programming Skills: Proficiency in statistical programming languages like R, SAS and Python for data manipulation and visualization.
- Statistical Analysis and Modelling: Understand and apply statistical tests and analyses to build and interpret prediction models and trend charts.
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Updated December 2024