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Statisticians
Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information. May specialize in fields such as biostatistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics. Includes mathematical and survey statisticians.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Analyze and interpret statistical data to identify significant differences in relationships among sources of information.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Evaluate the statistical methods and procedures used to obtain data to ensure validity, applicability, efficiency, and accuracy.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Report results of statistical analyses, including information in the form of graphs, charts, and tables.People already use AI for this at work
- 04Determine whether statistical methods are appropriate, based on user needs or research questions of interest.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Prepare data for processing by organizing information, checking for inaccuracies, and adjusting and weighting the raw data.AI could speed this up a lot
- 06Develop and test experimental designs, sampling techniques, and analytical methods.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Identify relationships and trends in data, as well as any factors that could affect the results of research.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Present statistical and nonstatistical results, using charts, bullets, and graphs, in meetings or conferences to audiences such as clients, peers, and students.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Design research projects that apply valid scientific techniques, and use information obtained from baselines or historical data to structure uncompromised and efficient analyses.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Adapt statistical methods to solve specific problems in many fields, such as economics, biology, and engineering.AI could speed this up a lot
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss21%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
79%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 91% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps data analysts use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.