Statistical Consulting Environments

The practice of statistics takes place in very diverse environments.

· Pharmaceutical: The drug development process

o Discovery and decision

o Preclinical studies

o Clinical studies

· Phase I

· Phase II

· Phase III

· Phase IV

· Telecommunication

o Extremely large databases

o Research and Business divisions.

o Communications and Information technologies

· Business

o Data Mining

o Small Companies

o market research

o survey design and analysis

o financial analysis

o IRC for pharmaceutical, telecommunication projects.

o Database management

o Market Research Survey

· Government

o Census Bureau

· Survey design.

· Data collection.

· Statistical data analysis and mining

o Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

· Human Drugs

· Animal Drugs

· Medical Devices

o Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),

o State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).